Re what Pete mentioned....the bad reputation that Leylandii had no doubt stems from its overuse as a garden hedge-plant, and I was as guilty as the next guy of disliking it because of that....so I cut much of my hedge down and turned it - wonderful stuff! Good figure, wonderful smell and better to turn than many of the softwoods.
If I might make one criticism, I find the rim too heavy for my liking. I always feel that with a floating rim, such as this, it needs to look light to lift the bowl, but a rim this thick tends to make the whole bowl look heavy.
Les