diameter: 9"
height: 2 1/4"
shipping weight: 2lb 6oz (when asking about shipping costs, please don't forget to give me your zip code)
finish: one coat of natural stain then 6 coats of satin-finish spar polyurethane (with UV blocker)
COMMENTS: Other than my carelessness on the bottom, this is a terrific bowl. The "Navaho" style worked really nicely on this one, and the woods are all quite good. The quartersawn wenge face in the middle is exactly the look I was shooting for to go with the yellowheart diagonals. The chechem at the bottom is lightly chatoyant.
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 ... There is an obvious flaw from poor turning on the bottom, a light circular gouge that goes about 1/3rd of the way around the bowl and is about 1/8" wide at the widest, and not deep enough to measure; it's obvious visually and you can definitely feel it with your finger. On rare occasions, I just plain miss stuff before I take a bowl off the lathe and that's what happened on this one. Since it is on the bottom, it does not detract at all from the beauty of the bowl, which I think is considerable, but I feel stupid for having done it, and have dropped the price accordingly, which really makes this bowl a good buy.
The zebrawood in view 5 has a about a 1" row on top of little dark dots. I have asked on a couple of woodworking forums and no one seems to know what causes this, but it's fairly common in zebrawood and you never know when it's going to show up. It's wood character, not a flaw, but I always try to remember to point out such things, in case anyone cares. I knew this was on the piece of wood when I decided to use it in this bowl, and I thought it might be shallow enough to turn off, but it wasn't.
