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August 2023 Turning Challenge: Final Results

Vote for your TWO top choices in the August challenge. Poll is closed

  • Bernie Hrytzak

    Votes: 10 16.1%

  • Gabriel Hoff

    Votes: 22 35.5%

  • Gerald Lawrence

    Votes: 2 3.2%

  • Kent Jaffrey

    Votes: 4 6.5%

  • Kirk Amidon

    Votes: 25 40.3%

  • Marc Banka

    Votes: 14 22.6%

  • Mike Zip Hamilton

    Votes: 6 9.7%

  • Phil Hamel

    Votes: 3 4.8%

  • Richard Morgan

    Votes: 3 4.8%

  • Ron Solfest

    Votes: 4 6.5%

  • Rusty Nesmith

    Votes: 12 19.4%

  • Vincent Vogel

    Votes: 9 14.5%
  • Total voters
    62
  • Poll closed .
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Congratulations to Kirk Amidon, winner of the August 2023 Turning Challenge.

The turning challenge for the month of August 2023 was to turn a low-sided calabash bowl. Now, the challenge for all forum members (this means you and me) is to choose a winner. Voting begins now and concludes at midnight UTC (coordinated universal time) on Wednesday, September 20, 2023. You are allowed two votes; once you have voted, you won't be able to go back and change your votes. After you have voted, you can track the vote totals. The voting is secret (just like an actual election), so nobody else can see who you voted for (not even the moderators/administrators). In case of a tie vote, the forum moderators will gather in a virtual waist-deep shavings-filled shop to determine the winner. As in all previous challenges, the winner might have to pass a lie detector test before being awarded the Grand Prize (rumored to be a dogleg high carbon SRG with a rusted tang). Let the voting begin!

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Congratulations Kirk, you have a nice calabash in my opinion. As Bernie said, this was an interesting challenge as this was also my first calabash, they are harder than it looks.
 
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