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good score off the fire pile, another Awesome piece, keep them comin.

-- Roper - Master of sawdust-

Joe, this is a beautiful save. Natural finishes, such as this one, are my favorite type of turnings. With walnut Mother Nature instills a wonderful warmth and beauty that we, as woodworkers, cannot improve on but only bring to the surface. You did a nice job of bringing out the inner beauty that was resident in the original “piece of firewood”.

Thanks for sharing this, Joe.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Great looking piece of Walnut. Amazing what can be done with a piece of firewood. Great job Joe.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

another beautiful turning… I really need to get a decent chuck so I can try my hand at this.

-- San Diego, CA US Navy

Another beauty. I’m a birder and your works are liken to collecting bird eggs. Ever looked at a collection of bird eggs? Think you’d find it interesting.

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

What would it be but another beautiful turning with wonderful figured wood perfect it’s just what you do Joe
Congrats on Another winner.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com

Very nice piece, looks better than if it turned into ash from burning.

-- Dan Wiggins

Another great piece Joe!

-- "That Government is Best that Governs The Least."-Jefferson

That is one beautiful piece of Walnut. It takes a woodworker’s eye to see that beauty in the rough. Well chosen. And, of course, your turning is fantastic; bringing out the best of the wood.

-- Working at Woodworking http://www.VillageLaneFurniture.com

Very nicely done. This piece has a lot of warmth to it. The shape is sensuous and begs the eye to touch the soft, round curves. The movement in the grain is quite striking, yet calming. This piece reminds me of a Rubenesque nude. (Fat, soft and a little rippley.)

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

beautiful Joe. m

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Ditto on all of the above. I can’t believe that was firewood.

If I were you, I’d label the firewood pile “Future Projects” and order a couple more loads for the Summer. I can see what they’ll say in two hundred years about this piece “He was so good, he would grab wood from the firewood pile just to try and make it a challenge.”

;2)

-- Jim

Awesome figure and turning , 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 .

Thanks for all the feedback.

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

Joe, I just saw this one after viewing “Peter”. My comments there apply to this piece twice over…Wow, I love the grain variances in this piece…and to think this could have gone “up in smoke”. Beautiful save.

Thanks for posting it.

-- Martin, Kansas