diameter: 7"
height: 2 1/2"
shipping weight: 1lb 14oz (when asking about shipping costs, please don't forget to give me your zip code)
finish: one coat of natural stain then 9 thin coats of satin-finish spar polyurethane (with UV blocker)
COMMENTS: Very different from most "C5" type bowls in that this one has the undercut fluted rim, but the outside of the rim is vertical rather than slanted. This is the first time I've done this particular shape and although I really like it a lot I'm not likely to do it again on a bowl this small because the undercut rim was too difficult on this shape. I had intended to have the inner rim (the underneath) be vertical at least half the way up, but the bowl is so small that I could not get even my most narrow chisel to fit outside the mounting plate but inside the rim vertically, so I had to be content with an angled inner rim. It really looks great, it just wasn't exactly what I had originally intended.
The purpleheart in the lower left and lower right are both nicely chatoyant as is the chechem in the upper left (although this piece is extremely muted from what it would be if this bowl had a high-gloss finish) and the yellowheart in the lower right and upper left. The Honduras rosewood at the top is a fabulous piece, with a highly mottled grain. "Mottled" in this context is more in the sense in which it is normally used in English, not as it is normally used in wood descriptions. It is also lightly chatoyant
The grain of the bocote in view 1 came out beautifully but is now muted by age darkening of the wood.
I ALWAYS POINT OUT ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE COMMENTED ON. THESE ARE (UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED) THINGS THAT DO NOT DETRACT FROM THE BEAUTY OF THE BOWL, BUT I WANT TO BE SURE I GIVE A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. SO ... The vertical purpleheart in the left side of the the middle has a slight chip-out on its upper edge. This started when the surface had not been turned down nearly all the way and I thought it would turn off but it never did, it just kept chipping out. I took off the last 1/64th of an inch with sandpaper but even that did not totally remove the tiny remaining chip-out. Subsequently that same area developed a small stress separation which makes the area even rougher to the touch but still not especially visible. This has caused me to reduce the price somewhat.
