First bowl out of my Spalted Maple stash.

[Toney Robertson]

That large spalted maple tree finally yielded it's first bowl. I had to stabilize large sections of it with CA but I think it was worth it.

7 3/4" x 2" - Antique oil finish. I did not like the flat finish of the oil so I buffed it. Gave it just a slight shine which I liked. I am not crazy about the yellow tint it gave the wood so I will try something else next time.

Wall thickness of about 3/16". When I started I was going to make it thicker but it warped more than I thought.

I don't ever recall seeing wood with the red streaks that this had in it. I really liked that feature of this particular piece of wood.

Toney

[Mike Minto]

toney, i can't see your pics - is it me, or ? mike

Edit - it was me, my computer at work filtered them. What I meant to say was, WOW! Very nice wood (the spalting looks as though it is flowing over and over itself) and form. Great job!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Toney - beautiful bowl! Outstanding colors, spalt lines and form! Hope you have tons of this stuff just waiting to be turned! One of the prettiest spalted bowls I've seen in a long time! Thanks for posting!

[Burt Alcantara]

Beautiful bowl and outstanding wood. I have some maple blanks seasoning. Hope they are even a pinch as nice as yours.

Burt

[Bernie Weishapl]

Great looking bowl with some beautiful wood.

[curtis rosche]

awsome wood and great bowl

[Bruce Pennell]

Toney great job...neat wood...can't wait to see more...Bruce

[Brian Brown]

Great looking wood and an excellent job of turning it.

[Dan Oliphant]

Toney, that bowl has extreme visual interest. I like the understated design you used that allows the wood to take center stage.
Well done.

[Jon Lanier]

Really great looking bowl!

[charlie knighton]

very nice ...

[robert hainstock]

Awesome spalting on that piece, amd being a thin bowl guy, I realy lie what you've done with it. A+
Bob

[Robert McGowen]

Everything that I thought has been said at least 6 times...........

So, I will just say "very nice!"

[Matt Hutchinson]

Sweet bowl! Love it!

Granted box elder is a maple, but do other maple species have red streaks? I have never heard of this happening in other maple species.

Hutch

[Clara Koss]

really great colors and shape.... just right on thickness and great photography!!!!