Plate made about an hour before a photoshoot...this is the plate I referenced in the Spike Plate discussion. I thought I had a picture of the plate before food, but I couldn't find it!
Wood came from a log I found floating on the outer coast of the North Pacific, about five miles from our home. Doug fir isn't native here, so it would have floated a good 1000+ miles!
Doug fir is a notorious pain in the keister to turn, so I either use a ring tool or a very sharp bowl gouge with the handle dropped low in a steep sheer cut for minimized tear out. Otherwise the sanding erases crisp lines.
Measures 12" X 1 1/4"
