3 hours ago, HandyDan said:

You are a brave man using Walnut for your first.  My first ten were pine. 

Not brave, just ignorant, I had no idea Walnut was a challenging material for turning. I am guessing because of its flakiness?

2 hours ago, Chips N Dust said:

For your first two bowls, they look pretty perfect to me

Thanks Chips!

58 minutes ago, Gerald said:

Or  you could just brand it. Point is to identify it as yours so your kids or the giftee can say "John made this for me".

I promise I will Gerald, it's a great point, I don't even have a brand from my general woodworking I do, I just take a sharpie and print the date and sign it for my other projects, I really do need a branding iron or something like that.