The timber varies in colour from light to dark rich chocolate brown tones, sometimes with a purplish tinge. Most producers steam it heavily to darken the sapwood. The heartwood will lighten in colour as it ages.
NAME: American Black Walnut BOTANICAL NAME: Juglans nigra OTHER NAMES: Black Walnut WEIGHT / KD AVE: 610 Kg/m3
Walnut machines and glues very well, being of medium density.
Furniture, high class joinery, shopfitting, cabinetmaking, doors, flooring, turnery, boatbuilding, traditionally used for gun stocks. Sort after for veneers, burrs and burls etc.
Because Walnut is mostly used internally for ornamental applications, a little known fact is it is Class 1 durability – 25 years plus in contact with the ground.
25/38/50/75mm x Random Widths
1.8 – 4.8 Meter Lengths