A neighbor works for a lumber mill and deals with premium logs. They cut a cookie off the end and split it to evaluate the grain. So he brought a pretty one home but didn't have a use of it- just looks at it. I turned the bowl for his wife, Brandy. I sanded it to 400 and put two coats of poly and then beeswax. BTW, the edge is not natural, it's where they split it.