diameter: 9 1/2"
height: 2 1/2"
shipping weight: 2lb 9oz (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) topped by 2 coats of clear flat enamel to take the shine off.
COMMENTS: Very nice overall curvature --- a case where the undercut rim gives, as it so often does, a very pleasing result. In the big piece of cocobolo in on the right side what looks like it is probably sapwood at each end is actually not. This is one of those pieces of cocobolo that has two radically different colors, one very dark and the other much lighter, right next to each other. Most of the lighter part got turned off but you can see it clearly in the bowl blank image below. The olive on the right side is particularly nice as is the paela on the left side.
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 curly maple on the left rim has picked up a small amount of colored dust in the areas where the interlocked grain is pointing mostly outward, and this has given them an unnatural dark-stripe effect. There is a small stress separation at the bottom of the middle where the wenge meets the cocobolo. You can see it if you catch the light just right but most of the time it's invisible. None-the-less I've reduce the price a bit because of it from $150 to $125.
