Black Walnut
BLACK WALNUT (JUGLANS NIGRA)
Black Walnut is one of the most valuable and beautiful native trees to Pennsylvania. Heavy, strong, and a durable heartwood, it is easily worked and in great demand for veneers, cabinet making, interior finishing, and gunstocks. Walnuts are loved by humans and animals alike. Their nutritious nuts have been linked to Love and Fertility throughout history, and their reputations as an aphrodisiac date back to ancient Greece and Rome.
Black Walnut
Unmatched Elegance & Beauty
Characteristics & Specifications
Black Walnut Characteristics
- Remarkable strength, variety of grain, figure and coloring of this wood has made it historically popular.
- Matures to a rich, warm dark brown color.
- Natural Grade will have creamy white sap wood & sound knots.
- Heartwood light brown to dark chocolate brown.
- Wavy grain produces attractive and decorative figure.
- Tough hardwood with medium density.
- Our walnut is Un-steamed leaving the crisp natural beauty of the grain.
Black Walnut Specifications
- Availability: Solid & Engineered
- Source: Western PA, Northern Appalachian White Oak
- Cut: Plain Sawn
- Grades: Clear & Natural (most often natural)
- Styles: Strip, Herringbone, Chevron, Random Width, Wide Plank
- Edge: Square Edge, Micro bevel, hand crafted edge
- Milling: Tongue & Groove & End Matched
- Surface: Unfinished, hand scraped, wire brush, circle sawn
- Janka Scale: 1000
Black Walnut
| Solid | Engineered | |
|---|---|---|
| Thickness: | 3/4″ | 5/8″ or 3/4″ |
| Width: | 2 1/4″ – 10″ | 4″ – 10″ |
| Lengths: | 1′ – 7′ or 7′ – 12′ | 2′ – 10′ & 2′ – 12′ |
| Construction: | Solid | 4mm or 6mm Wear Layer |
