Small black walnut score

Here’s a first for me, black walnut. Cut to lengths and left curbside for the taking. Not a wood I’m crazy about burning, but I’m happy to scratch this one off the list. The one short crotch piece I’m saving for an old retired coworker of mine that’s into wood turning.

 

That’s a pretty small score of highly valuable black walnut,…. Probably only worth $2ooo or $3000.

 

Haha. I wonder if I make a few blocks on the bandsaw if I could make a small fortune on Etsy
I’ll probably save a couple chunks for woodworking. Maybe make some pistol grips or something. Walnut isn’t too prevalent here.

 

A pile of logs I purchased recently had a 18"X12' black walnut in it. Have been giving half a dozen sticks to each of my customers to taste.

 

Make hundreds of ink pen barrels and sell custom hand crafted hvbw ink pens for $500 each.

 

Nice little grab. Hand splits like cake. Idve taken it.

 

Make a gorgeous bolt action stock out of those.

 

Agreed! It's mediocre at best. Leaves lots of fluffy white ash.
I do love the smell too. But if possible, I'd rather use it for crafts or woodworking of some sort.

 

Thanks for your input on that. I think I'm going to salvage whatever I can for woodworking, and make kindling with the scraps.

 

My favorite smelling wood smoke. Parfumy to me.

 

Have you ever burned mulberry?

 

Not at all prevalent where I am. I would probably dismiss it as 'brush' if I happened upon.

 

Here's a few slabs I milled from a walnut root ball. Some will be sold as gun stocks, but most as slabs.

 

That's some beautiful grain
I don't think I'm going to regret my decision not to firewood all of it.

 

I so need a mill. Ahead of that I so need a skidder.

 

It never ends, man. You need a mill, skidder, a barn, a hoist, a kiln, 23 acres with no neighbors, a machine shop, a bunker...

 

I have the acreage....so I got that going for me. lol

 

Hahahha....that's no where near big enough...