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You’re quite the traditionalist between this and the beer chicken. Very nice work. That must have made someone very happy.

Yes Mike, I like him. Also new and old together. To me it looks like a lot of work.

Thanks guys. The carving was pretty labor intensive, the rest went very fast. I used to be able to get some real nice birch logs for this kind of work, but not anymore.

Mike
That is a fabulous recreation of an antique vessel.
I often wonder how they did such fine work way back in time with the tools they had available .
Every time I see one of your turned projects it makes me want a lathe and one of these day it will happen but I am scared I will get the bug and the tools will cost more than the lathe .
Birch around here is still plentiful but you live too far to send you some .
I love that AMBER just something to cherish for a long time .

Klaus

Sweet traditional item. Did they have lathes way back? How old is that tradition?

well it really looks good to me mike, real good, to me this is something i would see in a museum for things from around the world, it bespeaks culture and craftsmanship…thank you for sharing it with us…

Thanks Klaus, Thorreain and Bob. These vessels were not turned. They were made from staves similar to this one but with a lid. The staves were not glued, they were held together with bands like the fake ones on my amber or using willow or birch bindings like on this one in the photo below. This stave bucket is water tight. I tested it when it was finished, but it dries out a bit in winter and then swells again in summer. Kind of simple calendar!

Beautiful work , and nice to hear about the traditions and
origins of these kinds of vessels .

Mike, this is great work!

It’s beautiful.

Mike,

This is exceptionally well done . . . what details!

L/W

Thanks Moment, Abbas and L/W.

Wow Mike this looks like a museum piece ,fantastic work.

Thanks Jim. This is a pseudo amber. It is turned, but the originals were made from staves and the bands were soaked in water and wrapped around the staves to hold them in place, while mine are just fake , being turned from the same blank. It does look pretty authentic though. It is my favorite turning and one of the few things I haven’t given away.