Arguably the nicest wood to work with. Hard, but easy to work, with a wonderful smell. I have some logs (about 25 cm dia) of a wild olive tree (same as the "meek" olive, but the "original" before it was grown as a tree to harvest - olea africna subs. africana) that is probably more that 1000 years old. It is a little harder that the agricultural olive, but more figured with less sapwood. Wish I could sent you a piece, but South Africa is to far away from you. Kind regards.
That's a beautiful little olive wood bowl. I love olive wood. I used to buy lots of it when I was on holiday in Greece.
Beautiful olive wood bowl Tomislav.
Thank you
Lovely little piece. Well done! 👍
Thank you very much 🤗
Beautiful piece.
Thank you 😀
What a beautifully made bowl.
Thank you
De ce vilain bout de bois vous en avez fait un superbe bol,bravo trés belle réalisation👍
Thank you very much 🤗
🕶Very nice Tomislav. Thanks
Thank you Steven
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I love the smell of olive wood while turning!
It is special smell .... Got one more timber to show soon that has really distinct smell
Simply beautiful!
Thank you 😀
Beautiful!
Thank you 😀
Lovely bowl. I love the simplicity of design contrasting the complexity of the grain. Well done.... again!
Looks like you got a new tool rest
Thanks 😀
Nope,its the one with the lathe
Beautiful little bowl tom nicely done 😊
Thank you Will
Awesome little nut bowl. Thank you!
Thank you 😀
I do like the smell of turning olive. Noce piece
Thanks 🤗
Very nice,the grain in olive wood is beautiful.
Agreed 🤗
Stunning little bowl, thanks for sharing 👌
Glad you liked it ☺️
The olive wood makes beautiful bowls as evidenced by this little bowl. The finish you chose compliments the grain well. Stuart
Thank you Stuart 😀
Very nice. I love Olive. The problem I have is that it always has lots of cracks. Very frustrating.
I know, here as well...the key is to get it as soon as its feld....
Lovely
Thank you
Nice color.
Indeed
That's a wonderful pattern indeed! Is that common with Croatian olive? Thanks for another video.
Thanks Joris, I think that is that kind of specific olive wood, not so much related to Croatia....
Lovely piece. Olive is such beautiful wood, unfortunately I've never been able to get any here in UK as it so expensive.
Thank you, We have it here but by the time I get to it its already cracked up to a point of firewood sadly.....
Thank you for watching
Enjoyable video! How dry/green was the wood?
Thank you, around 25%moisture
Arguably the nicest wood to work with. Hard, but easy to work, with a wonderful smell. I have some logs (about 25 cm dia) of a wild olive tree (same as the "meek" olive, but the "original" before it was grown as a tree to harvest - olea africna subs. africana) that is probably more that 1000 years old. It is a little harder that the agricultural olive, but more figured with less sapwood. Wish I could sent you a piece, but South Africa is to far away from you. Kind regards.
Thank you very much, sending wood to another country is terible process , but thank you 😀 enjoy turning
Your technique is similar too Richard Rafken
It is, he is my mentor 😉
First time I see fingers between tool rest and spinning wood,
Its not reccomended, I do it sometimes to deflect shavings.....