Oak bowl

[andyn]

We were up the woods the other week sorting out firewood and generally preparing for our courss for the year.

Found a large limb that had fallen off one of the oak trees, probably back in late autumn, in the woods which we have now sectioned up most of it and split for seasoning as firewood, but as it was still fairly green I decided to take an axe to few large pieces for crafty bits for pressies.


Here is the first off the chopping block:

 

[Retired Member southey]

That is a stunning piece of wood Andy, lovely work.

 

[persistent king]

that is very nice mate good skills

 

[Kepis]

Nice one Andy

 

[Everything Mac]

I really like that. - Just got a big burl and I think something like that is in order!

All the best

Andy

 

[andyn]

Share the photos if you do something similar Andy, would like to see the results as I love burl carved bowls.

 

[morch]

Thats a lovely bowl Andy, cheers mate

Dave

 

[Tjurved]

Nice bowl and nice bench! I like the toolmarks on the bowl.

 

[andyn]

Nice bowl and nice bench! I like the toolmarks on the bowl.

Cheers Tjurved,

Its had a good finish on the outside with a drawknife and scraper to get it pretty smooth. The inisde was just done using an adze and large diameter spoon knife with a final quick going over with a goose neck scraper to take the sharpe edges off some of the tooling marks.

 

[Cobweb]

Very pretty, and the wood should keep the fruit fresher for longer as it absorbs the pheromones given off be ripening fruit! Nice one!