mesquite mistletoe burl, hollow vessel with voids

Once again a risky and beautiful job! Was the interior sanded off the lathe?

Hi Don, thank you again for your comments, it was sanded on the lathe,used a sharp tantung tear drop sraper which gives a very good finish surface anyway, just progressed slowly about 4" at a time for the final cut, then when i got to the bottom gave a good cutting scrape from top to bottom, then a final sand 120 up to 180. of course fingers and everything were crossed, adrelanin was high lol

regards peter

You're a wildman Peter! Love it!