If it's walnut, it's not the walnut that I'm use to seeing. It doesn't have look or the smell of walnut that I'm use too.... I'm leaning that it's not Locust ( after looking in daylight hours and cutting ). It's got a very faint Oakey smell.... Kinda of a good low key fragrance. Not smelling any vanilla.... And yes I'm kneeling down and smelling the wood as I write this ..... So I'm puzzled as to it.... Besides Free wood that was gone today....
I was going to ask about the smell... Its not one that I consider 'pleasant'. Here's some walnut I cut for my BIL this summer. Some guys might call it shoulder wood, but I'd call it at least a midrange. My BIL has been raving about how good it is, but I think it ended up a bit drier than he's used to...
Yes, that's the black walnut that I'm use to seeing... The smell of walnut reminds of my wood shop days making stuff. I personally like walnut.... But I like your last comment.... Moisture makes the difference... Glad to hear your getting your BIL moving in the right direction....
I'm not hangin with walnut either now......or locust......that's an oak and I'd lean toward the white family.
It could be Walnut. It's just not what I would expect. I know it was all in one pile. I can't say from same tree. It's Interesting how challenging It can be to identify a tree with out leafs or decent specimen of limb structure.
Freshly cut and split walnut can have a bit of a green tinge to it instead of the normal chocolate. If it is walnut, it should darken very quickly as the fresh faces dry out a little. Also it appears that it might have been diseased or dying, which could also affect the appearance. In any case, its free firewood! Once its dry and you handle some of the splits, the weight should tell you whether its shoulder or full time wood, regardless of species.
