Thank you gents,
Pete, the number of Pollarded trees I see, these cannot be rare, I look forward to you getting your hands on one and showing what you can do, you are after-all the master of this type of turning.
Les,
It's nice to have a little time to spend playing, most of my work of late has been standard production work. Well, after breaking my thumb just before Christmas and not being able to hold a tool for a couple of months.
You had me there, I went back and looked, Dalek, I thought it was a mouse!
John,
The branch the knuckle came off was about 5" diameter, no idea about the tree, could have been very old but a younger branch. And not sure there would be much quarter wood in a knuckle to show the lace patterning anyway, but thank you, I'm glad you like the story and finished piece.
Maybe I'll visit my friend and see if hes not yet chopped all the tree up and see if there is something more I can steal beg or otherwise acquire!