Cool Wood Bottle Stoppers

[mmayo]

I sold a wooden bottle stopper yesterday while working at the Gallery n Gifts. My customers almost always select the best wood from the selection of eight displayed. To make their decision more difficult I picked some of my more interesting blanks.

L to R
Blue box elder burl
Yellow heart
Desert Ironwood
Bloodwood
Black Ash Burl

16 coats of CA

 

[1080Wayne]

And the best wood was ?

 

[egnald]

Wow - those are gorgeous! - Dave

 

[mmayo]

And the best wood was ?

The black ask burl requires extra work but both that wood and the desert iron wood are beautiful to me.

 

[1080Wayne]

The black ask burl requires extra work but both that wood and the desert iron wood are beautiful to me.

They would be my picks , also .

 

[monophoto]

Very nice.

 

[HawksFeather]

Really beautiful wine stoppers. Do you warn people that the Osage Orange will darken with age. I used Osage for predator calls and one person said that they didn't want the bright yellow one, but really liked the call. I put it in the window so that the sun hit it and sold it to him a few months later when I saw him again. He really liked the brown call.

 

[mmayo]

Really beautiful wine stoppers. Do you warn people that the Osage Orange will darken with age. I used Osage for predator calls and one person said that they didn't want the bright yellow one, but really liked the call. I put it in the window so that the sun hit it and sold it to him a few months later when I saw him again. He really liked the brown call.

I've stopped using Osage and select yellowheart instead. I do discuss the changes in all woods as they age.