Ugly Walnut

[PreacherJon]

8" x 3.5"
Friction Polish
Gold Mica Epoxy Inlay

 

[jrista]

Very nice! Love the choice of gold for the inlay.

Ugly wood is the best wood!!

 

[Beechnut]

You know how to make it petty .

 

[egnald]

Very Cool! - Dave

 

[derekdd]

Doesn't look ugly to me!

Nice job filing the voids with epoxy.

 

[PreacherJon]

Doesn't look ugly to me!

Nice job filing the voids with epoxy.

It started off really that way with quite a bit of rotting with a few embedded nails. Hence the outside with with the filler. There was a big rotted area on the inside. Fortunately, it all came out leaving what you see. I really didn't think it was going to be saved.

 

[jrista]

It started off really that way with quite a bit of rotting with a few embedded nails. Hence the outside with with the filler. There was a big rotted area on the inside. Fortunately, it all came out leaving what you see. I really didn't think it was going to be saved.

Personally, I always love a piece of wood with bark inclusions, holes, rotted out bits, etc. Once you take out all the junk, its perfect for resin fill.

I picked up this raddy looking piece of California Cottonwood with a whole bunch of this raddy, nasty, fibrous bark. It was still a bit green, and I was having trouble getting the bark off, so I left it for about a year. A few months back, I pulled it out and the bark was just coming off in these weaves of fiber. Pulled it all out, and lo and behold it had some great burl spires behind the bark, and some excellent places for resin fill.

Ugly wood is the BEST WOOD!

 

[Jim15]

Beautiful work.

 

[carlmorrell]

No such thing as ugly wood, only ugly woodworkers! Including me! Ha. Seriously, I decided to stop apologizing for the wood" years ago.

 

[KMCloonan]

Nice work! Reminds me of Kintsugi

Kintsugi - Wikipedia

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[wolf creek knives]

Nothing ugly about that! Nice work!

 

[The Sapper]

Very nice bit of work.

 

[Bryguy]

Beautifully done!