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This piece was a very rare find, never herd of this New Zealand timber before until I brought it off a wood merchant as a wood turning blank. Was sold and sent to the states as a gift. Every now and then as wood workers we find it hard to part with something we have made, whether it be for cash or as a gift, as i'm sure you can understand I found it hard to part with this one!, reminds me of a summer sunset. And for the record no the outer rim was not flat at one end, it's just how it turned out in the photo(don't know why!) and its the only photo of it I have.

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Great piece of work. Too bad this is the only pic you have, I would love to see more.
 

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Nice!!!!!!!!
 

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According to JT Salmond's book "Native trees of NZ" Kamahi was used for sleepers, house piles & fence posts indicating it is a very durable timber.
You have quite a style going with this series, nice work Fellow Kiwi :))
 

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Thanks for the comments Pete, and the info….......when I brought the wood for this piece I was told by the wood merchant that it was Titoki…....then they sent some of it away to a MAF lab to be identified, and the result came back as Kamahi.The only negative thing about this species is that some of the blanks I have or have had, have bad internal checking or cracks(murphies law).Fortunately this piece was a exception. :)
 

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My info on Titoki is that it is "exceedingly tough & springy wood, ...hard to work & tears out against the grain"
not generally reccommended
Cheers :))
 

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Seems to me some of the toughest woods to work with give the most beautiful results in terms of grain and color. You did a wonderful job with this one, and I love your edge treatments. Nice work, and welcome to LJs; I look forward to seeing more of your turnings!
 

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Just found your site. Beautiful work! Breathtaking! I can't imagine the time and patience it must take to make something so precise. Inspiring…
 
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