"Owen Lowe" wrote in message
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Well, it's your bowl, so you'd know... but it appears to me to be side
grain from 11:30 to 3:00 and similar opposite. I guess they're growth
rings around the heart then.

Actually, if you look at the base of the pillar, you will see classic signs
of an uphill scrape beginning at around 1:30, recommencing at 7:00 or so.
Dead giveaway. Must have been using a dull gouge by the time I bottomed
that beauty.