Hokie...

I like it… whats the story behind the red notch?

-- http://inhisgrip1.blogspot.com/

Beautiful!
You purposely made the notch either to hide or to reveal something, I guess.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Looks great, but we really need the story behind the name.

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

OK Joe this is another fine turning (as always), but I have to admit I can only guess at the name…and I’m going to go out “on a limb” (pun intended) and show my ignorance…

Is this a fighting gobbler that lost the fight … by losing it’s head?...

That’s all I can come up with.

-- Martin, Kansas

The story behind the name as narrated by Woodhacker sounds very interesting.
Is it true Trifern?

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

I’ll be interested to hear this as well. The colors look right though!

Hokie… a made up word from 1896 coined by O. M. Stull from Virginia Tech. It was made up as an attention grabber. Virginia Tech later adopted HokieGobblers as their team mascot. Legend has it that students gobbled their food without looking at their plates in hast.

So why name this piece Hokie? Is it simply a means of grabbing attention? Is it because I turn pieces and post them in hast without looking. Is it really woodworking…or art…or made up? Or, is it another cock, in a fight that simply lost his head without knowing what he was fighting for?

I will let those bloggers more skilled than I detirmine the “why”.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Another nice piece trifern….

-- Chris

The wood & shape are really intersting. The piece doesn’t really need the coloration but I can appreciate the experimental concept. Whimsical colors. I’d like to see more watercolor like application, let the colors bleed into each other.

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

Yes it is.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Whenever I hear the word Hokie , it reminds me of a cartoon character from the “60s…Hokie Wolfe…thanks for the flashbacks , Joe : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Nice turning.

-- Wade, Nashville, www.casetn.com

Another great turning.Whats the wood?

-- Scott NM,http://www.shangrilawoodworks.com

Thanks everyone. Scott, the wood is hard maple. It is difficult to see from the photos, but there is a knot that runs through the vessel. I was surprised it did not crack. It did warp into an interesting form though.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

My wife says thats a beauty Joe & I agree.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python