Thank you all for the support and encouragement since joining WB. I have to go visit my Aunt Honey in Philadelphia this coming weekend who was recently hospitalized so I made her this piece out of Honey Locust, hope she likes it.
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I think she'll like it. Looking at that piece of wood you started with, I wouldn't have thought something that gorgeous could have come from it. Good job.............. Jerry (in Tucson)
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its funny you say that because i only turned it because of its name. I probably never would have turned it just from looking at it but am sure glad that i did.
She’ll love it,that’s a good looking piece.
Beautiful!! Honey Locust is my favorite wood. That grain is amazing.
Very nice looking bowl. She will love it. The way the grain lays make it really pop.
That's very cool, I'm sure she will be thrilled! Love the way the grain centers on it, awesome piece!
Nicely done! Love the shape and the shimmer!
Good on you for such a thoughtful well turned bowl. She’ll love it!
This bowl will surely cheer up your aunt! Hope she is doing well! Chuck
I agree about possibly not being HL, but more like Black Locust that I've seen. I'm not up on terminology so maybe HL and BL are one and the same. And you actually have the piece in hand, so I could be wrong.
Black and Honey are different. Both are great species to work with. Chuck
Black locust is Robinia pseudoacacia and honey locust is Gleditsia triacanthos. They are both in the Fabaceae (pea) family.
From pictures I've seen on line and what I've cut locally, there seems to be a wide color variation in honey locust, while the black locust I've cut has a fairly uniform yellow color.
If you want a treat, shine a black light on your locust wood.
From pictures I've seen on line and what I've cut locally, there seems to be a wide color variation in honey locust, while the black locust I've cut has a fairly uniform yellow color.
If you want a treat, shine a black light on your locust wood.
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Nice turn!!
The ring pattern is suggestive of a cookie cut but that's NOT.
The way I get patterning like that is to orient the bowl blank so what would've been the outside of the tree is the "top" of the bowl.
Usually that part (bark side) becomes the bottom due to the shape of the blank.
The ring pattern is suggestive of a cookie cut but that's NOT.
The way I get patterning like that is to orient the bowl blank so what would've been the outside of the tree is the "top" of the bowl.
Usually that part (bark side) becomes the bottom due to the shape of the blank.
Reminds me of a "dizzy bowl" for some reason. Like that you used honey locust.