Thread: Robinia and Olive bowls

Two nice bowl's you have there but I particularly like the second one. I like the effect from knots. cracks and other "defects" , it adds character to the finished piece.
What finish did you use.

Tony

Very nice ted , what finish have used , ? The olive looks darker
than i would imagine , not that i have ever turned any !
Also where did you get the olive from ..?

Thanks for the comments.
The finish is DO
This tree was growing in the front yard of the house next door . For some strange reason they decided to cut it down when the house was put up for sale .We estimated that it was about 70 years old . The base of the tree was about 700mm diameter and very burl like with lots of bark inclusions and cracks that I had to work around , but I didn't complain .
Ted

Ted, does the Robina tree look anything like an Olive tree? Had you not described the species of each bowl and seen both together, I would say they were both Olive. I have a lot of Olive stashed, so maybe I should start turning some........ Jerry (in Tucson) USA

Jerry
The robinia tree looks nothing like an olive tree .Google will show you plenty of pictures . The reason for posting was just to show the similarity between the two timbers .
Ted

I have always loved the grain patten of the olive tree. I was not aware that another tree species could be so similar to the olive grain patten.

Thank you for sharing this.

Another excellent job Ted, I like plain, without lots of detail, the timber is good enough. Nice finish too.

Jim

four thumbs about for them it is all about the wood