Avacado Wood Hollow Bowl

[darrelx]

[Edited to correct the fact that this was made of Avacado wood, not Orange tree wood as I was previously told]

A couple years ago, my brother brought me some logs from an OrangeAvacado tree that he was contracted to cut down up in North county.

The OrangeAvacado wood was gorgeous, naturally oily, and made some beautiful pieces, all of which have

Comments

[lyzard13]

nice professional stamp on the bottom - is that ink or burned in? the bowl is beautiful - does orangewood have any scent?

[darrelx]

It's a branding iron I ordered a couple years ago from My favorite toy store. I heat it with a MAPP gas torch for about a minute and use it to mark just about everything I make these days, before the finish coat goes on.

Orangewood has a very slight, sweet scent when it's first being cut/sanded and the dust is still heavy in the air, but not so much after that. It doesn't smell like oranges at all.

[esprix]

Very pretty! I see you got yourself a burn stamp.

[darrelx]

Yup... I've had that for a couple years now.

[darrelx]

Hey waitaminit... is "burn stamp" codespeak? Are you calling me a racist?

(Just kidding... trying to point out the idiocy of the argument you made in your thread)

[esprix]

HAHAHAHAHAHA.

No.

[kitarra]

I love the shape of it. And I love the way the grain lays.