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C141 --- $95.00

diameter: 9"
height: 2 1/4"
shipping weight: 2lb 2oz (when asking about shipping costs, please don't forget to give me your zip code)

finish: one application of natural stain then 3 coats of high gloss spar polyurethane (with UV blocker)

comments: The soft maple at the top shows some nice ray flakes on both the inside and outside at the point of maximum curvature. The ray flakes in the oak at the bottom middle show up really well and I wish I had used a wider piece. The paela in the upper section of the middle is a weak color for the species. All of the cocobolo is a very dark purple variety (these particular pieces come from Guatemala). Both pieces of bocote have a very nice dense grain pattern. Both pieces of zircote ended up with too much sapwood (on the left side it's ONLY sapwood).

The outer edge of the flat rim is about as sharp as I allow edges to be on my bowls; it has just a slight bevel. The reason for my dislike of sharp edges is twofold: first, they dent easily and thus make the bowls more fragile than I am comfortable with and second, when the bowl is on the lathe, sharp edges can cut my fingers and in fact that did happen (rather trivially) with this bowl before I beveled that edge in the final on-lathe sanding.

flaws/issues: the cocobolo in the lower left has a small but very visible crack plus a slight indentation where the top of the rim was not fully turned down. There is a very slight misalignment of the tops of the two pieces of cocobolo in the very center of the middle (the sharp point where they come together). The flat upper portion of the rim has a barely noticeable ripple in its surface due to chisel chatter --- I did not become aware of this until I had the bowl off the lathe. It is so light that it is noticeable to the touch only in the zircote on the left side and had I not mentioned it, it's likely you wouldn't even have noticed it, but I try to mention EVERYTHING that is out of the ordinary in these bowls so there will be no surprises if you buy one. In that vein, I have to also mention that the finish has an imperfection along the inside left area where I allowed (unknowingly) a buildup of the finish which is noticeable if you look for it.

LATER: some of the colors have darkened just slightly but not enough to really reduce the visual impact of the bowl. It's still basically what you see is what you get but because of all the issues mentioned, I've dropped the price from $125 to $95.

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