A few years ago I visited Doug Leite, a woodturner on the Hilo side of the Big Island of Hawaii. Doug is an amazing turner, and one that made the lathe that he turns on, a very good one. He also build his own Rose engine lathe. He gave me a nice piece of African Ebony. I was always worried that I wasn't going to do the beautiful timber justice. I finally got my courage up and put it on my Stubby 1000. Hand chased threads. 2 Koa pewa on a crack that gave me the opportunity to show the matched crack instead of the grain, LOL Sanded to 1000 grit with Yorkshire micro abrasive paste and laquer.
