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Eastern Black Walnut
I have recently had the opportunity to harvest several big Black Walnut trees. These are large Eastern Black Walnut trees that grow here in eastern Texas, not the small, native Texas Black Walnut trees found in west Texas.
I have just begun to turn some of this wood, but none are yet finished. Please keep an eye on my companion site, www.prairiesend.com, I expect to have some there soon.
As elsewhere, the dimensions given below are Length x Width x Depth of the blank. Theoretically these numbers indicate the dimensions of the largest bowl, box/goblet or spindle that might be turned from that piece if no flaws are encountered. The approximate weight (in pounds) as well as obvious physical features (checks, etc) are also indicated. Note also that most of these are rough cut. I do not have the time or equipment to routinely surface the cut sides - although sometimes I think that the grain is interesting enough that I will take it to the jointer before I take the photo.
Note - the color control on my photography of these Walnut blanks is not always great. Generally, those photos with the purplish cast to the heartwood is correct. Where I describe them as light brown - the colors in those photos are generally true. The lighter-brown blocks come from a tree that exhibited less of that purple cast.
Lloyd
Please note - I do not have a commercial-sized kiln to fully kiln-dry all of this wood. Therefore, unless otherwise noted, some of these blanks are partially air-dried at best. I do have some older blanks that have air-dried to current moisture contents of 8 to 10%.
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Black Walnut 191
2-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 12"
3-1/4 lbs.
This is a very nice 2-1/2-inch square end-grain block of a light brown to purplish brown Black Walnut heartwood. There are two areas of darker brown spalting present on one side - one fairly large shaded area and one tight, linear zone (left side, bottom photo). That shaded are should turn off as the block is rounded; the linear area has crisp boundaries, and if it remains after roughing-out, should make an interesting feature on the side of the finished piece.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 191 |
$15.00 |
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Black Walnut 192
2-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 12"
3 lbs.
This is another nice block of Black Walnut - one that is a mix of creamy sapwood and light brown heartwood, with a touch of inner bark in one side. It is approximately 60% creamy sapwood and 35% light, purplish brown heartwood, and 5% bark.
I see absolutely no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 192 |
$15.00 |
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Black Walnut 193
2-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 11"
2-1/2 lbs.
This is another nice block of Black Walnut that is a mix of creamy sapwood and light brown heartwood, with a fair amount of inner and outer bark in one side. It is approximately 60% creamy sapwood and 30% light, purplish brown heartwood, and 10% bark.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 194
2" x 2" x 13"
2-1/4 lbs.
This is a very nice 2-inch square end-grain block of Black Walnut heartwood. It is a light brown to purplish brown. There are also several small "birds eye" knots that appear to extend thru the block and will likely be present as interesting features in that finished piece.
Cut from the inner portion of the Walnut log, this piece includes the extreme, outer portions of two nearby pith-related radial cracks (with dark-brown spalted borders). Located along one edge (left side, top photo, but barely visible) these cracks are thin and apparently quite shallow - I expect them to turn off entirely as the block is roughed-out.
I see no other cracks or potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 194 |
$15.00 |
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Black Walnut 198
2" x 2" x 7-1/2"
1 lbs.
This is another 2-inch square end-grain block of Black Walnut with more sapwood than heartwood. The colors include the creamy white of the sapwood, light brown to purplish brown color of heartwood. There is also a thin layer of darker brown bark on one edge but this should turn off immediately as the blank is rounded.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 198 |
$7.00 |
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Black Walnut 172
3" x 3" x 12"
4-1/2 lbs.
This is a very nice block of Texas-grown Eastern Black Walnut. It is almost entirely heartwood, but with a small section of sapwood on the upper portion of the annotated face (top photo). The heartwood is a light brown color with nice grain pattern around several clusters of small knots. It has been cut and air-drying in my barn for 3 years - the moisture content is running between 8 and 10%.
There is two small, open check in the end-grain face shown on the top photo (but not visible in that photo). Probing with a slip of paper suggests that it is less then 1/4" deep. Since this is a well-dried block, I do not consider this small check to be significant. I see no other cracks, checks or potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 174
3" x 3" x 12"
4-1/4 lbs.
This is a very nice block of Texas-grown Eastern Black Walnut. It is entirely heartwood - a light brown color with nice grain pattern. It has been cut and air-drying in my barn for 3 years - the moisture content is running between 8 and 10%.
There are two very small and tight checks in the end-grain face shown on the top photo (but not visible in that photo). Since this is a well-dried block, I do not consider those small checks to be significant. I see no other cracks, checks or potential flaws.
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Black Walnut W-175
3" x 3" x 12"
4-1/2 lbs.
This is a very nice block of Texas-grown Eastern Black Walnut. It is primarily a light brown heartwood with a thin strip of sapwood along one edge and part on the top (annotated) side. There are three small, tight knots on that top face.
It has also been cut and air-drying in my barn for 3 years - the moisture content is running between 8 and 10%. I see absolutely no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut W-175 |
$22.00 |
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Black Walnut 180
3" x 3" x 14"
5-1/4 lbs.
This is a very nice block of Texas-grown Eastern Black Walnut. It is entirely heartwood - a light brown color with nice grain pattern. It has been cut and air-drying in my barn for 3 years - the moisture content is running between 8 and 10%.
I see no cracks, checks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut W-181
3" x 3" x 9-1/2"
3 lbs.
This is a gorgeous end-grain blank of Black Walnut. It comes from a major crotch and has a complex and beautiful grain pattern. The colors are the bright white to cream of Walnut sapwood with a large area of brown Walnut heartwood. The grain includes a nice area of curl and strong chatoyance, especially in the sapwood.
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There is a thin area of bark along one end of the back side (bottom photo). I see no cracks or potential flaws.
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Black Walnut W-181 |
$25.00 |
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Black Walnut 182
3" x 3" x 8"
2-3/4 lbs.
This is another nice block of Black Walnut. It is approximately 50/50 light brown heartwood and white to creamy sapwood that will result in an interesting, vertically-striped brown and white turned cylinder. There is also an interesting pattern of vertical brown stripes in the outer portion of the sapwood. Most of that will turn off as the blank is rounded but some should remain. I think that all of these features will make for a distinctive and attractive figure in something like a pepper mill.
I see absolutely no cracks or other potential flaws. It has also been cut and air-drying in my barn for 3 years - the moisture content is running between 8 and 10%.
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Black Walnut 182 |
$18.00 |
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Black Walnut 183
3" x 3" x 7-1/2"
2-1/2 lbs.
This is another nice block of Black Walnut. It is approximately 50/50 light brown heartwood and white to creamy sapwood that will result in an interesting, vertically-striped brown and white turned cylinder. I think that it will be distinctive and attractive.
I see absolutely no cracks or other potential flaws. It has also been cut and air-drying in my barn for 3 years - the moisture content is running between 8 and 10%.
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Black Walnut 164
3" x 3" x 12"
4 lbs.
This is another nice block of Black Walnut. It is approximately 60% brilliant white to creamy sapwood and 40% is light brown heartwood. Once roughed to round, the heartwood will stand-out as a wide stripe in one side of a creamy-white cylinder - I think that it will be distinctive and attractive. Those darker brown stripes in the lower portion of the sapwood face (top photo) are interesting but, unfortunately, will likely turn-off as the block is roughed-out.
I see absolutely no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 164 |
$20.00 |
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Black Walnut 166
3" x 3" x 12"
4 lbs.
This is another nice block of Black Walnut. It is approximately 70% brilliant white to creamy sapwood and 30% is light,purplish-brown heartwood, with a thin layer of inner bark along one side. Once roughed to round, the bark will be gone and that heartwood will stand-out as a wide dark stripe in one side of a creamy-white cylinder - I think that it will be distinctive and attractive.
I see absolutely no cracks or other potential flaws. It has been cut and air-drying in my barn for 3 years - the moisture content is running between 8 and 10%.
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Black Walnut 104
3" x 3" x 13"
4 lbs.
This is another nice block of Black Walnut. It is approximately 80% brilliant white to creamy sapwood. The other 20% is heartwood - a dark brown to deep purple brown with a strong linear grain pattern. Most of that heartwood is on one edge and will turn-off as the block is rounded, leaving a narrow linear stripe up the length of the white sapwood (if not rounded too deeply). That could be very interesting.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 106
3" x 3" x 13"
4 lbs.
This is another nice, potentially-striped block of Black Walnut. It is approximately 80% brilliant white to creamy sapwood. The other 20% is heartwood - a dark brown to deep purple brown with a strong linear grain pattern. Most of that heartwood is on one edge and will turn-off as the block is rounded, leaving a narrow linear stripe up the length of the white sapwood (if not rounded too deeply). That could be very interesting.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 107
3" x 3" x 10-1/2"
3-1/4 lbs.
This is another nice, potentially-striped block of Black Walnut. It is approximately 80% brilliant white to creamy sapwood. The other 20% is heartwood - a dark brown to deep purple brown with a strong linear grain pattern. Most of that heartwood is on the back and one edge and will turn-off as the block is rounded, leaving a wide and tapering linear stripe up the length of the white sapwood (if not rounded too deeply). That could be very interesting.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 108
3" x 3" x 13"
4 lbs.
This is a nice block of Black Walnut. It is entirely brilliant white to creamy Walnut sapwood. There is a very thin stripe of bark remaining on one end of one edge, but that will turn-off immediately.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 109
3" x 3" x 13"
4 lbs.
This is another nice block of Black Walnut. It is entirely brilliant white to creamy Walnut sapwood. There is a very thin stripe of heartwood remaining on one end of one edge, but that will turn-off immediately.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 110
3" x 3" x 13"
4 lbs.
This is another nice block of Black Walnut. It is almost entirely brilliant white to creamy Walnut sapwood. There is a fairly thick strip of bark along one edge, but most, if not all of that bark will turn-off as the block is rounded.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 111
3" x 3" x 9-3/4"
3 lbs.
This is another nice block of Black Walnut. It is almost entirely brilliant white to creamy Walnut sapwood. There is a strip of bark along one edge, but it looks as if all of that bark will turn-off as the block is rounded.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 227
4" x 4" x 8-1/2"
3-1/2 lbs.
This is a unique and beautiful block of spalted Texas-grown Eastern Black Walnut. It was cut from the heart of a large crotch and a portion of the crotch flame/feather figure crosses the annotated face. The entire block is heartwood but the colors and color pattern is unique. The heartwood is the classic, deep purplish-brown in roughly one-half of the block, and a fascinating golden-beige in the other half. That color contrast appears to be due to spalting that has progressed inward in an elongated pattern such that linear bands and spots (depending on how the cut or lathe-turned face intersects the spalt bands) of dark, purple-brown heartwood remain on the leading edge of spalting. The spalted portion appears to be quite sound and this dramatic color pattern should result in a beautifully unique character for the finished turning.
Two small, shallow and tight drying checks are present at opposite ends of the block. I consider these to be minor and would just reinforce them with CA glue before turning. I see no other cracks or potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 112
4" x 4" x 12"
6-3/4 lbs.
This is a large potentially-striped block of Black Walnut. It is approximately 90% brilliant white to creamy sapwood. The other 10% is heartwood - a dark brown to deep purple brown with a strong linear grain pattern. Most of that heartwood is on the back and one edge and will turn-off as the block is rounded, leaving a wide and somewhat tapering linear stripe up the length of the block. That could be very interesting.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 113
4" x 4" x 12"
7 lbs.
This is another large potentially-striped block of Black Walnut. It is approximately 90% brilliant white to creamy sapwood. The other 10% is heartwood - a dark brown to deep purple brown with a strong linear grain pattern. Most of that heartwood is on the back and one edge and will turn-off as the block is rounded, leaving a wide linear stripe up the length of the block. That could also be very interesting.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 114
4" x 4" x 13"
7 lbs.
This is another block of Black Walnut. It is essentially all white to creamy sapwood. There is a fairly thick section of bark along the backside. Something interesting may be possible with that bark - otherwise the could be turned off to produce a 3 to 3-1/2" diameter sapwood cylinder.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 115
4" x 4" x 12"
6-3/4 lbs.
This is another block of Black Walnut. It is essentially all white to creamy sapwood. There is a thin section heartwood on one end of the back side and two small, thin patches of bark on the two lower corners of the front side. All of that bark and most of the heartwood will turn off as the block is rounded.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 224
3-1/2" x 3-1/2" x 9-1/2"
4 lbs.
This is a nearly perfect block of Eastern Black Walnut. It is also composed of approximately 60% dark brown to deep purple brown heartwood, and 40% creamy brown sapwood.
It was cut from very close to the pith and a portion of that pith is present along one edge, and several pith-related cracks are present on that edge (right edge, upper face on the top photo). However, as they are located right on the edge, these will turn off completely as the block is turned to round. I see no other cracks or potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 224 |
$20.00 |
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Black Walnut BW-225
5-3/4" x 5-3/4" x 3"
2-3/4 lbs.
This is a very pretty bowl blank of Texas Black Walnut. It is approximately 50/50 light, purplish-brown heartwood and creamy white sapwood (as per the water-dampened wood of the photo), but as I now look at it (dry), the color contrast is not obvious. It appears that the sapwood portion has darkened to the point that the sapwood-heartwood boundary in unclear. The grain pattern is linear to somewhat curly (on the backside, bottom photo) with a very nice degree of chatoyance (not apparent in the photos).
There are also two interesting bands of small, irregular, beige-colored dots that extend across one side of the block. I do not know for sure what these are but the wood is a bit softer within individual "dots" and I suspect them to be related to spalting. They would make interesting features in a finished bowl, but I suspect that most, if not all, will turn off as the bowl is roughed-out.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut BW-225 |
$25.00 |
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Black Walnut 155
6" x 6" x 3"
4 lbs.
This is a very nice Black Walnut bowl blank. It is about 60% light, purplish-brown Walnut heartwood and 40% creamy white sapwood, with a strip of bark on one edge - the outer portion of the sapwood. If I were turning a conventional bowl, the side with the bark edge would be the bottom - where I cut a tenon. There is one small "birds eye" knot on one face (bottom photo).
I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws.
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Black Walnut 157
6" x 6" x 3"
3-3/4 lbs.
This is another nice Black Walnut bowl blank. It is about 50/50 light, purplish-brown Walnut heartwood and creamy white sapwood, but with a fairly thick strip of bark on one edge. Again, if I were turning a conventional bowl from this blank, the side with the bark edge would be the bottom - where I cut a tenon.
I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws.
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Black Walnut 158
6" x 6" x 3"
4-1/4 lbs.
This is another very nice Black Walnut bowl blank. It is about 70% light, purplish-brown Walnut heartwood and 30% creamy white sapwood, with a small strip of bark on one edge - the outer portion of the sapwood. If I were turning a conventional bowl, the side with the bark edge would be the bottom - where I cut a tenon. There are several small "birds eye" knots on both faces.
I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws.
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Black Walnut 158 |
$20.00 |
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Black Walnut 160
6" x 6" x 3"
4 lbs.
This is a very nice Black Walnut bowl blank. It is about 70% light, purplish-brown Walnut heartwood and 30% creamy white sapwood. There are several small "birds eye" knots on the top and bottom.
I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws.
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Black Walnut 160 |
$20.00 |
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Black Walnut 139
6" x 6" x 3"
4 lbs.
This is another nice Black Walnut bowl blank. It is approximately 60% light, purplish-brown heartwood and 40% creamy white sapwood. There is an irregular strip of tight, inner bark on one edge that will turn off if the annotated face is mounted as the base of the bowl.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws. It has been cut and air-drying in my barn for 3 years - the moisture content is running between 8 and 10%.
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Black Walnut 140
6" x 6" x 3"
4-1/4 lbs.
This is another very nice Black Walnut bowl blank. It is 100% light, purplish-brown heartwood. There are several small "birds eye" knots on the top and bottom (both photos).In many instances, these knots extend completely thru the block (see left end-grain side, top photo), and can make for interesting and eye-catching banded features in the finished bowl.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 140 |
$20.00 |
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Black Walnut 141
6" x 6" x 3"
3-3/4 lbs.
This is another nice Black Walnut bowl blank. It is approximately 45% light, purplish-brown heartwood and 55% creamy white sapwood. There is a strip of inner and outer bark on one edge that will turn off if the annotated face is mounted as the base of the bowl. It has been cut and air-drying in my barn for 3 years - the moisture content is running between 8 and 10%.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 141 |
$14.00 |
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Black Walnut 144
6" x 6" x 3"
3-3/4 lbs.
This is another nice Black Walnut bowl blank. It is approximately 50% light, purplish-brown heartwood and 50% creamy white sapwood. There is a strip of inner and outer bark on one edge that will turn off if the annotated face is mounted as the base of the bowl.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 144 |
$15.00 |
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Black Walnut 116
5-3/4" x 6" x 3-3/4"
4-1/2 lbs.
This is a nice nearly-square bowl blank of Black Walnut. It is primarily a bright white to creamy sapwood with a strong and somewhat curly grain pattern (difficult to see in the photos). There is a large section heartwood on one edge of the front side and a large patch of bark on one edge of the back side. All of that bark will turn off if the barky side of the block is becomes the bottom of the bowl.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 116 |
$15.00 |
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Black Walnut 119
5-3/4" x 6" x 3-3/4"
4-1/2 lbs.
This is another very nice nearly-square bowl blank of Black Walnut. It includes a combination of bright white to creamy sapwood and a large area of heartwood (top photo). The heartwood area includes the pith of the log with a small pith-hole and an associated thin radial crack. There are also several thin and tight (drying checks?) cracks along one edge of the sapwood (not visible but present on the left edge, top photo). The pith hole and crack, as well as those other cracks are confined to the edges and, again based on the chosen form and orientation, would likely turn off completely. This blank could also make a very attractive hollow form.
I see no other cracks or potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 119 |
$24.00 |
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Black Walnut 124
7-1/2" x 8" x 4"
8-1/4 lbs.
This is another gorgeous, large square bowl blank of Black Walnut. It also comes from a major crotch and has a complex and beautiful grain pattern. Again - suitable for a beautiful bowl or hollow form. The colors are the bright white to cream of Walnut sapwood with a large area of purplish-brown Walnut heartwood. In this case there are two separate bands of grain-crossing, flame figure, on opposite sides, that extend into the heartwood on top and result in a symmetrical and very attractive pattern (top photo).
There is a narrow and shallow area of bark along one edge of the back side (bottom photo). All of that barky area would likely turn off in any bowl or hollow-vessel form. Unlike several other blocks in this series, the heartwood area does not include the pith or any pith-holes or pith-related crack. I see absolutely no cracks or potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 124 |
$50.00 |
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Black Walnut 125
7-1/2" x 8-1/2" x 3-1/2"
8-3/4 lbs.
Another beautiful large bowl blank from a large Black Walnut crotch. Again - suitable for a beautiful bowl or hollow form, the colors are the bright white to cream of Walnut sapwood with a large area of purplish-brown Walnut heartwood. In this case,there is a single large and prominent crotch-type "flame" figure on the upper (annotated) face that extends through the sapwood and into the heartwood (top photo). That flame figure appears to extend thru the entire block and is strong and prominent on the back side - very nice - and perfect for a balanced design in a fairly large hollow form.
There is a narrow and shallow area of bark on one corner of the back side (bottom photo). All of that barky area would likely turn off in any bowl or hollow-vessel form. However, the heartwood area does include two pith areas (one for each limb of this crotch), each of which includes a very small pith-hole and a very tiny, pith-related radial crack. The larger of these pith areas extends from one side close to one corner (upper right corner, top photo), across the upper portion of the face, and exits at the other corner of the face. The entire path of this pith and pith-related features is very close to the edge (upper edge of the annotated face on the top photo)and should turn completely off as the block is rounded. The second area of pith with it's tiny pith-hole and almost non-existent radial crack, is confined to one corner (lower right corner on the top photo) and will certainly turn off as the block is rounded. I see no other cracks or potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 125 |
$55.00 |
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Black Walnut 200
6" x 6" x 4"
6 lbs.
This is a very nice Black Walnut blank suitable for a fairly deep bowl or hollow-form. It is essentially all heartwood, with only a thin strip of sapwood on one edge that will probably be removed as the block is roughed-out. The heartwood is an overall strong purplish-brown color with several interesting bands of lighter brown (top photo).
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 200 |
$30.00 |
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Black Walnut 201
6" x 6" x 4"
5-3/4 lbs.
This is another very nice Black Walnut blank suitable for a fairly deep bowl or hollow-form. It is also essentially all heartwood, with only a thin strip of sapwood on one edge that will probably be removed as the block is roughed-out.
There are several small "birds eye" knots on one end-grain side (left side, top photo). These knots extend completely thru the block and could be interesting and eye-catching banded features in the finished bowl. However, located on one edge, these are likely to turn off as the block is rounded.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 201 |
$30.00 |
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Black Walnut 202
6" x 6" x 4"
6 lbs.
This is another very nice Black Walnut blank suitable for a fairly deep bowl or hollow-form. It is also essentially all heartwood, with only a thin strip of sapwood on one edge that will probably be removed as the block is roughed-out.
There is an interesting and complex grain pattern on one corner of the annotated face (top photo) that is associated with a large knot on one edge. There are also several small "birds eye" knots on one face (bottom photo) that appear to extend completely thru the block. These may end up as interesting and eye-catching features in the finished bowl.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 202 |
$30.00 |
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Black Walnut 208
6" x 6" x 4"
5-3/4 lbs.
This is another very nice Black Walnut blank suitable for a fairly deep bowl or hollow-form. It is also essentially all heartwood, with only a very thin strip of sapwood on one edge that will probably be removed as the block is roughed-out. The heartwood is a strong purplish-brown color.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 208 |
$30.00 |
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Black Walnut 209
6" x 6" x 4"
5-1/2 lbs.
This is another very nice Black Walnut blank suitable for a fairly deep bowl or hollow-form. It is 100% heartwood with an overall strong purplish-brown color with several strong bands of lighter brown (top photo).
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 211
6" x 6" x 4"
5-1/2 lbs.
This is another very nice Black Walnut blank suitable for a fairly deep bowl or hollow-form. It is essentially all heartwood with a strongly banded pattern of alternating purplish-brown and lighter brown colors (top photo).
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 211 |
$30.00 |
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Black Walnut 212
6" x 6" x 4"
5-1/2 lbs.
This is another very nice Black Walnut blank suitable for a fairly deep bowl or hollow-form. It is 100% heartwood with a strongly banded pattern of alternating purplish-brown and lighter brown colors (top photo).
There are multiple small "birds eye" knots on the upper face (top photo) which extend thru the block and come on an adjacent face or the back side (lower side, top photo). Many of those small knots will be visible as interesting and eye-catching features in the sides of the finished bowl.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 212 |
$30.00 |
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Half-log and slab-type bowl blanks
These half log and slab-type blanks are suitable for deep or shallow bowls depending on their thickness. The bark is generally tight and stays on well for natural-edge turnings - such as the vase shown below. They are also good for shallow plates or small platters. If you are thrifty, they can also be resawn to produce economical smaller blanks for pens, bottle stoppers, pistol grips and the like.
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Black Walnut 132
9" diameter x 4-1/2" depth
11 lbs.
This is a very nice, medium-size, trimmed half-log bowl blank of Eastern Black Walnut, suitable for a bowl of up to 9" diameter and 4 to 4-1/2" depth. I trimmed it to rough-round so that it is ready to mount on your lathe (no band saw work required).
With full and tight bark on the back side, this blank will be suitable for a natural-edge or conventional bowl form (or a very nice hollow-form). The finished bowl will be primarily light, purplish-brown heartwood, flanked by bands of bright white to cream colored sapwood. It has a very nice, linear grain pattern.
The pith has been cut completely out of this half. I see no cracks, checks, decay or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 132 |
$55.00 |
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This is a delicate natural-edge vase turned from a half-log blank of the same Black Walnut listed in this section. Additional examples of my Texas Black Walnut turnings are (or will be) presented on our companion website Prairie's End Woodshop.
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Black Walnut 135
10" diameter x 4-1/2" depth
14 lbs.
This is another very nice, medium-size, trimmed half-log bowl blank of Texas-grown Eastern Black Walnut - the other half of the log that yielded lot #134 (above). It has also been rough-trimmed to round so that it is ready to mount on your lathe (no band saw work required).
Have a careful look at the grain pattern in the lower half of the cut face. It also includes a curly pattern with strong character of reflective variation (called chatoyance - a changeable color or luster; the wood appears to shimmer when moved). I believe that this pattern will be beautiful in the side of the finished piece. The finished form will likely be a light, purplish-brown heartwood, flanked by bands of bright white to cream colored sapwood.
With full and tight bark on the back side, this blank also appears be suitable for a natural-edge or conventional bowl form (or a very nice hollow-form). This half of the log was also cut essentially thru the pith and a small portion of that pith is present at or very close to the surface.
When listed in August 2009 I saw no cracks (pith-related or otherwise) or other potential flaws in this piece. However, as of June 2010, it has developed pith-associated drying checks on opposite sides just below the cut face. These will restrict use of the blank for a conventional bowl form, but would quickly turn off if a natural-edge bowl is planned. That small black spot on the edge of the near edge of the cut face (middle photo) is a tiny, very shallow hole that is the (minor) expression of the barky-gap present in the other half of the log (Texas Black Walnut #134, above). I see no other flaws.
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Black Walnut 135 |
$65.00 |
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Black Walnut 127
6-1/2" x 8" x 3"
5-1/4 lbs.
This is a small half-log bowl blank of Black Walnut. It is primarily the bright white to cream of Walnut sapwood with a small central area of purplish-brown Walnut heartwood. It has full bark on the back side and would also be suitable for a small, natural-edge bowl.
This half-log piece was cut thru the pith and a portion of the pith is present just below the cut face. As with all of these Walnut pieces, the center of the pith is marked by a small pith hole and a small, tight radial crack. In this case, that pith hole and crack is visible on the cut face (upper portion, top photo) and exits on the nearest cross-cut face (exposed face on the bottom photo). There is also a pattern of tiny incipient drying checks in the end grain on one end of the blank. This is the older cut surface that was not properly sealed. Those checks are minor and very shallow and are now sealed. They can be easily trimmed off without reducing the maximum bowl diameter. I see no other cracks or potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 215
6" x 7-1/2" x 3"
5-1/4 lbs.
This Walnut blank includes both strong purplish-brown heartwood and creamy white sapwood, with a strip of bark on one edge.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 215 |
$20.00 |
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Black Walnut 219
2-7/8" x 12" x 2"
2-1/2 lbs.
This Walnut blank includes purplish-brown heartwood and creamy white sapwood. I have no idea of the origin of that orange-yellow stripe on the upper face!
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Black Walnut 222
3" x 12" x 2"
3 lbs.
This Walnut blank is entirely strong purplish-brown heartwood. I have no idea what those thin black stain lines are - they seem to originate at an irregualr knot(?) at the lower end (top photo). There are also a number of small burly, "birds eye" knots on the back side.
I see no cracks or other potential flaws.
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Listing last updated 18 April 2013
Nothing here that suits your needs?
Then send me an email at: l.stahl@maroon.com
or a telephone call at:
281-392-5336 (home/shop w/ans. machine)
281-782-0185 (cell, but w/o voice mail or texting)
There is a possibility that I have more, either cut into blocks or in the rough log,
so I may be able to meet your specific requirements.
If not - send an email with your requirements and I will put it into my
"wood requested by species"
files and
see if I can cut it next time I have a log of that species up on the mill.
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