diameter: 9"
height: 2 1/2"
shipping weight: 2lb 10oz (when asking about shipping costs, please don't forget to give me your zip code)
finish: one coat of natural stain then 3 coats of semi-gloss spar polyurethane (with UV blocker)
COMMENTS: The cocobolo in the middle is quite nice, although it was more of a standout before it darkened to what you see here (the bowl blank image below shows how it looked when fresh). The mottled sapele in the upper left is terrific and if you catch it in a bright light, it's gorgeous, as you can see in the second side view below.
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 osage orange on the left of middle has some burn marks inside the rim where the end grain was turned. I could have turned it down further and removed these but there was too much danger of getting chip-out in the lamination at the top so I decided to just leave the burn marks in as they are (actually, they were worse, but sanding got rid of a lot of it). The left piece of cocobolo in the middle has developed a noticeable crack about 3/4" long. Several of the woods, including the cocobolo in the middle and the osage orange on the left, have darkened since the bowl was first finished many years ago (they are as you see them in these pics, which are quite recent).
