Duddeston — Sharp-Arris Ebonised Turned Furniture Legs, Set of 4

Five knife-edged plates on a plain shaft. Ebonised tulipwood.

Five discs at 84 mm pitch, decaying from ∅66 down to ∅50 on a ∅36 to ∅32 shaft. Each disc is a real disc — a 30 mm cylindrical neck, a straight cone up, a knife edge, a straight cone down — so it reads as plates on a shaft rather than a wave.

The arris is the point. A sharp edge catches light as a bright ring, and it is what separates this from a reproduction bobbin. It cannot be power‑sanded — a mop rounds every edge — so finishing is hand work off the skew.

Ebonised American tulipwood only. Oak fuzzes along the ray and will not hold this edge; we will not make it in oak.

Made to order in Birmingham

Turned by hand on the lathe at 9 Milk Street, one leg at a time, from solid hardwood. A set of four is turned in one batch off a single story stick so the legs agree with each other. Grain and figure vary from leg to leg — that is the material, not a fault.

Lead time 2–3 weeks.

Sizes and fitting

Lengths are listed above; other lengths within the range can be turned to order. These are console, coffee, bench and side‑table legs. Our lathe takes 700 mm between centres, so we cannot turn a dining‑height leg (711–737 mm) in this pattern — please ask before ordering if you need dining height.

Supplied unfinished-ready or oiled on request. Hanger bolts and T‑nuts can be fitted — tell us the top thickness.