AusBonsai

Good work you have done on this Antonio. It is always a buzz when the pops on and the inner tree becomes a reality.

Ash

Would have still made a nice tree if you left it as a broom, wouldn't have been a total loss.

anttal63 wrote:yeah ed very similar! cant wait to see them now. what kind of guitar???

Its a custom made six string acoustic by one of Australia's finest luthier. I dont buy mass produced factory name brands like martin, taylor, etc. Not as good as buying straight from a master luthier. Anyway his name is Barry Kerr and lives down in victoria somewhere.Im paying off a $6000 guitar, Australian blackwood fiddle for the back and flamed redwood top, casurina fretboard, abolone shell around the borders. I bought a flamed cypress guitar a few years back from him for over $4000 and the sound on that has matured unbelievably!! I compared the sounds with some of the $10000 to $15000 guitars on the market today and perhaps Im biased but I think my flamed cypress beats them all hands down. Barry makes guitars costing up to $25000, especially his Jazz guitars. Alot of money, but he is a master and all his guitars will someday be like pieces of historic australian art and he doesnt make many guitars a year. He has quite a few pretty famous musicians who uses his guitar. Anyway Im not trying to promote him, but if you ever want a great guitar, he is one of the most genuine, sincere blokes Ive ever met.

Jarrod wrote:are you keeping short branches? or are you going to let them extend?

sorry jezz just saw this; a little more extension on the left and reason amount on the right.

ed they sound like beautiful instruments; i have heard his name round the traps but have never come across one his guitars. look forward to meeting you one day and hear you play his guitar.

The dead wood has been rejigged, some new features added. It now needs to go and weather for a couple of years again. The tree is starting to fill out now, i expect a significant change in the next 12 months. This late spring i hope to get it into a rectangular pot where it can really show off its masculinity. Trunk ratio here is 2:1, yet far from sumo. IMO

coming along nicely champ! look forward to when a couple of mine get to these stages

Very nice and looking more refined each time.

Grant

looking good mate

anttal63 wrote:thank god for education. after many mistakes and mind changes. as of yesterday. it now has to fill out over the next few years and more refined carving needs to be done. i wish i could have my time with this tree over again but this is what it is .

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Gsss, your mistakes worked great Man I love olives now. By da way, is it a wild olive or a commercial fruiting olive?

Thanks guys, your comments mean alot! DK wild it is and the only way to go. I loving them more too and look forward to getting more!

I guessed it is wild as the leaves look smaller, rounder and shinnier. Can't find any of them around Brissy antt. If you have any of these medium size olives with good flare and taper and reasonable price tag, please put one aside for me. I'll be eternally grateful
Cheers,
DK
Edit - looking for untrained stumps only