Hawaiian Koa Calabash Bowls

[Kalai]

Hi, I milled some nice Koa logs the other day and this is a few of the rough cut bowls that I just did, this Koa has some real nice color contrast, now I let it dry for 3-6 months and then finish the bowls, aloha.

Chris
Kalai

 

[cowchaser]

Very nice. I like them.

 

[Tom McMillan]

Those are awesome Chris!! Thanks for sharing them!!

 

[CrazyBear]

Those will be fantastic looking bowls chris

 

[ahoiberg]

chris i absolutely love those calabash bowls, i remember the finished one you posted a few months ago and thought it was one of the coolest bowls i've ever seen, can't wait to see these done.

is that glue block to chuck them once the dry or is that how you rough turned them or what?

 

[Kalai]

Hi Andrew, yes it is a glue block and that is how I turn it both rough and finish turning, then when it is done I will cut it off and finish the bottom of the bowl, aloha.

Chris
Kalai

 

[maxwell_smart007]

I tell you Chris...

I don't know what makes me more jealous - your ready access to such gorgeous wood - or the fact that it's not snowing in Hawaii right now!

Great wood, Chris, but also really nice looking bowls! Can't wait to see them finished (around March, I'm guessing!)

 

[Kalai]

Hi Andrew, well I do have access to alot of nice wood, we have a bandsaw mill that can mill logs up to 28 inches in diameter so we get a lot of logs. And we got our first snow about 4 days ago, out 2 tallest mountains Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea got some snow, boy it is cold now, I think it got up to 78 today aloha.

Chris
Kalai