Reclaimed Walnut Log

talk about buried treasure!!! SWEEEET!!

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Interesting. I have not seen walnut in that color before.
So the color change is due to the log being in water. Right?

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Thats what I’m thinking but most sinker walnut is more dark. This log has a color all to it’s self. Not sure how I got a picture of my spray room in here.

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Are you sure that it is walnut? The grain looks more like ash.

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It also looks a lot like butternut.

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Not only the color , but the grain also doesn’t look like Walnut. JMO…..At first , the color reminded me of Butternut , but now the grain leaves me wondering. How about an endgrain slice photo ?

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The pale lines in the annual growth rings is not characteristic of walnut. An end grain pic will help.

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Sunk butternut? Whatever it is, it is gorgeous and I imagine it would be worth a fair amount of money to somebody.

for its size, how dense is it? I have a fair amount of sunk walnut and it is super dark and super lightweight.

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I think you might be right, Butternut or White walnut could be what it is. I am taking a piece to Va. Tech forestry dept. tomorrow so they will let me know the first of next week.

-- Bill St.Pierre@St.Pierre Woodworking.com

Sweet fined! Should make some beautiful projects. Thanks for sharing.

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So I took a piece to Va. tech and they told me it was old growth Black Gum. That stinks for me but I think the carvers and woodturners will love it with it’s straight grain. They did say that the color was caused by it being buried for so long and it was something they had never seen. Usually Black Gum rots really fast once it is down but this was protected and this makes it very rare.

-- Bill St.Pierre@St.Pierre Woodworking.com

Thank you : )

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.