Item of the Month 10-09 curly walnut 235117

iom 10-09 curly walnut 235117 - close grain

Fine Fiddleback Curl - a rare find in Walnut!

Always on the alert, the log buyers at Horizon were pretty excited when they found this one. Black Walnut is highly regarded for its magnificent deep color and even tempered grain. Only once in a long while are we treated to the additional interest a bit of figure adds to this species. It is not terribly uncommon to find some curl in the stump area, or even around a crotch, but figure within the long straight log of a good walnut trunk is pretty hard to come by. We found a real winner with this selection!

iom 10-09 curly walnut 235117 - standing flitches

The logs in the background appear dark in color. They were kept moistened during the hot summer months in order to preserve them. This process tends to darken the external appearance of the wood.

iom 10-09 curly walnut 235117 - watered flitches

Consecutively cut flitches with some nice width.

The flitches in this photo have been sprayed with water to show off the interesting grain. The fiddle-back figure is pleasingly consistent througout.

	Measuring in at a total of 55.3 board feet , this is a pretty dandy selection of some hard-to-find walnut. The wood is beautifully clear. This is the kind of stuff that HORIZON pride is made of!!!