[B][I]Triggerfish[/I][/B]
[B][I]Triggerfish[/I][/B] was hollowed from a piece of Canyon Oak and was designed to showcase this wonderful material. The wood grain for [B][I]Triggerfish[/I][/B] is parallel to the axis as on a spindle turning. [B][I]Triggerfish's[/I][/B] name and form were inspired by a very tasty lunch I had down on the Baja California peninsula on the sunny shore of the Sea of Cortez. I was exploring the area with a friend in a flat-fendered 1947 Willys jeep a hundred miles from town when we came across a one family settlement on the seashore at Cinco Isles. Some local fishermen were frying fresh caught Triggerfish over a small fire of desert ironwood and invited us to share their meal.
The previous night the Willys broke a tie rod on one of the roughest roads in Baja so we camped there for the night. Not a single car came by until mid-morning the next day when we were nearly finished jury-rigging the tie rod with a pair of rusty needle-nose pliers so we could continue on to the next paradise, Gonzaga Bay. I remember waking up that morning in this desert-by-the-sea watching Coyotes running away from us as they realized we were still alive and [I]not[/I] their next meal.
[B][I]Triggerfish[/I][/B]
Canyon Oak
4 1/4" high x 3 1/2" diameter x 1.55 ounces
(108mm x 88mm x 45 grams)
Triggerfish's mouth is a tiny 1/2" diam. (13mm)
October 2009
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Images copyright 2009 by Robert Manning
