I'm back! It's been a long cold winter for here and what little shop time I've had was in flatland. (Making furniture not the novel) I picked up a nice Pear blank at my last group meeting. I wanted to get back to this hollow from both ends technique and am making headway. Still not totally happy with the shape. I think the blank didn't net me as much height as I wanted and my smallest chuck wasn't small enough. Pear 3.5x9" finished with Bees Wax and a linseed oil.