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#2060 super curly Oregon Claro Walnut Burl bowl.
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Odie

#2060 super curly Oregon Claro Walnut Burl bowl.

This is extreme curly walnut figure.....Mother Nature's best! (Be sure to check out the bottom view of this one!) Finished on 2/6/24, and sold for $375 on 3/24/24. Initial block of wood metered 30% MC (moisture content), and after roughing with anchorseal applied, it took a total of 20 months to stabilize, ready for the second turn. Measures 9 13/16" x 2 1/4", 15.3 oz. Sanded to 600gt, Danish oil natural, Beall 3-step buffed. Has extreme undercut rim. Oh dear God, please send a truckload of this stuff, and dump it in my driveway! Ha,ha! :)

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Tom Gall
Wow, beautiful, Odie. I bought one large and one smaller block of Claro Walnut Burl 6-7 years ago to make some family urns ... which I have yet to make. Hope they have some of that amazing figure in your piece.
And, congrats on the sale!
 
Dean Center
If I understand it correctly, they harvest nuts by grabbing hold of the trunk with a machine and shaking the nuts out of the tree. That puts a lot of stress into the trunk, and maybe causes the high figure. Nut trees stay productive longer than commercial fruit trees, if I understand it right, but eventually, they need to come down for replacement or subdivisions. Maybe you should plan a trip out there at some time of year when they don't have much nut farming work going on, and knock on doors until you find someone who plans to cut down a few trees. I did something similar long distance once when I needed some peach wood and was able to get a nice trunk (only 30-36" in length on fruit trees) to make a special wedding gift. Maybe try that yourself, starting with the California Walnut Growers Association, or whatever it's called.
 
Odie
Alan Weinberg said:
yeah, but you brought it out. Gorgeous.
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Thanks Alan.....:)
Tom Gall said:
Wow, beautiful, Odie. I bought one large and one smaller block of Claro Walnut Burl 6-7 years ago to make some family urns ... which I have yet to make. Hope they have some of that amazing figure in your piece.
And, congrats on the sale!
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Thanks Tom....I know what you mean. I have roughed bowls and bowl blocks in storage that I purchased years ago. I know I'll eventually get to them, but so many other projects keep me procrastinating!
Dean Center said:
If I understand it correctly, they harvest nuts by grabbing hold of the trunk with a machine and shaking the nuts out of the tree. That puts a lot of stress into the trunk, and maybe causes the high figure. Nut trees stay productive longer than commercial fruit trees, if I understand it right, but eventually, they need to come down for replacement or subdivisions. Maybe you should plan a trip out there at some time of year when they don't have much nut farming work going on, and knock on doors until you find someone who plans to cut down a few trees. I did something similar long distance once when I needed some peach wood and was able to get a nice trunk (only 30-36" in length on fruit trees) to make a special wedding gift. Maybe try that yourself, starting with the California Walnut Growers Association, or whatever it's called.
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I didn't know that about the harvesting of the nuts, and it makes a lot of sense that this practice might result in some extra spectacular grain patterns.

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Alan Weinberg
Dean Center said:
If I understand it correctly, they harvest nuts by grabbing hold of the trunk with a machine and shaking the nuts out of the tree. That puts a lot of stress into the trunk, and maybe causes the high figure. Nut trees stay productive longer than commercial fruit trees, if I understand it right, but eventually, they need to come down for replacement or subdivisions. Maybe you should plan a trip out there at some time of year when they don't have much nut farming work going on, and knock on doors until you find someone who plans to cut down a few trees. I did something similar long distance once when I needed some peach wood and was able to get a nice trunk (only 30-36" in length on fruit trees) to make a special wedding gift. Maybe try that yourself, starting with the California Walnut Growers Association, or whatever it's called.
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same with olive harvest. Special machine that shakes the bejeezus out of the tree.

Olive harvesting by hand or by machine – what producers say – ilcircolo

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Odie
Alan Weinberg said:
same with olive harvest. Special machine that shakes the bejeezus out of the tree.

Olive harvesting by hand or by machine – what producers say – ilcircolo

ilcircolo.eu ilcircolo.eu
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I'm not surprised that the machine harvest actually produces a lower quality of olive:

Industrial harvesting machines can only be used when the olives are close to falling off the branch and are actually more than ripe. Some olives are already fermenting at this late stage of the harvest. You could say that with this method, only low quality olive oil can be produced.
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