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What do you even bother asking? If it was on sale it would be posted on the for sale thread.
Snake oil? I didn’t make any fraudulent claim or promises- you’re trying to stretch Vegas boy.
Bowl Mystery Figured Wood- what is it?
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Snake oil? I didn’t make any fraudulent claim or promises- you’re trying to stretch Vegas boy.
lol
i was thinking i could prod you into proving it's actual nature
i was just telling my wife i hope it's real, but skepticism has got the better of me
i also can't believe no one else is weighing in here, i seem to be the only one pressing
normally the jokers here would be all over it, what gives?
i was just telling my wife i hope it's real, but skepticism has got the better of me
i also can't believe no one else is weighing in here, i seem to be the only one pressing
normally the jokers here would be all over it, what gives?
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Well keep thinking because it is not helping you. You can’t prove it and you can’t prove something without actually having it in front of you. Then you are just guessing.
you are correct, please don't let my antics anger you
i certainly wasn't trying to be a jerk or say you are misrepresenting anything.
i truly don't know that much about wood, but if such pattern as that bowl truly exists, I'd line up to buy it
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Oh I am not angry and stop back peddling. You are not even trying.
Where do you want to go with this Vegas boy?
well i'm not your or anyone else's boy.
i've been in trouble on here before and don't intend to go there again
as far as going? crazy probably
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Then stop acting like one. Well then you need to take your antics and walk out of the room and find your corner. You not doing or telling me anything constructive and that is why I opened this post to actually find out what wood this is. You’re barking on the wrong tree.
my apologies, leaving now
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Well, let’s get this back on track shall we. Skeptics are welcome. I have no issue if someone tells me that this is something else other than what it is, but justify your response. When I first saw this and picked it up, I was skeptical as well. Because in my trade dealing with objects, accessories and furniture, there is a tendency to replicate something that is valuable and rare using “finishing effects”. The first thing that came into my mind is “faux tortoiseshell”. There are period pieces made as far back as the 18th century I have seen in antique houses, showrooms, museums, furniture , boxes, decorative items, etc. where this technique is implemented. It is done by hand with a brush. I have also have seen this effect on Italian acetate and I have a tray that mimics the pattern that is in the bowl.
As far as the wood objects with this effect, it is not a drip technique where solid opaque colors are dropped in a tub and then a stick is used to form what pattern is needed and then the object (guitar at this point is dipped in the tub and then pulled up) leaving a desired swirly pattern by moving the guitar in a certain motion. There is also a “schmear”drip technique pattern, which I can’t talk about here because is a guarded recipe in the guitar finishing industry. The other I also thought of is ebonite and actually the color and pattern reminds me of some blanks.
I have also have seen this pattern like that is in the bowl pattern as “marbleized” technique transposed in printable paper. It even replicates the color that is in this bowl. The pattern and color has distinct resemblance to this ebonite pen:
As far as the wood objects with this effect, it is not a drip technique where solid opaque colors are dropped in a tub and then a stick is used to form what pattern is needed and then the object (guitar at this point is dipped in the tub and then pulled up) leaving a desired swirly pattern by moving the guitar in a certain motion. There is also a “schmear”drip technique pattern, which I can’t talk about here because is a guarded recipe in the guitar finishing industry. The other I also thought of is ebonite and actually the color and pattern reminds me of some blanks.
I have also have seen this pattern like that is in the bowl pattern as “marbleized” technique transposed in printable paper. It even replicates the color that is in this bowl. The pattern and color has distinct resemblance to this ebonite pen:
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Word of the week is “sand the bottom”………to get to the bottom of it. I think I have to ship this out to all you wood turners to see if what I have is fraud, fake or priceless piece of basement flea market cereal bowl created to look really fancy. I’ll use it for a dog bowl, but most likely the dog “wood” probably use it as a dog bed.
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I have no clue what type wood that is. I hope they used a coring tool and didn't just make shavings out of the center waste! There are enough matching interior and exterior gum pockets and other such defects that I would say it is for certain real wood. But that is all I can say. This looks like possible the edge of a serious burl on one side of the bowl with the other side being "somewhat" wavy grain leading up to the burled portion.
Could the bowl in question be mango wood by chance?
Here’s an example…
Here’s an example…
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That is incredibly beautiful! I have worked a great deal of figured mango billets from Hawaii and this is on the orange side and mango has a sour aroma by my experience. The mango I work with from Hawaii is more yellow and the there are all sorts of color patches from orange to yellow green to cool grays. The aroma of being sour would telegraph through. I posted a bunch of figured mango billets here.
Grrrrr
