On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:08:34 -0500, dpb wrote:

spaco wrote:
Up here in Wisconsin we have Butternut, which some people call "White
Walnut". It is softer (and weaker, I hear) than Black Walnut. Could
that be what you are talking about? ...

Hadn't thought of it, but you just might be onto something here...

We get tons of Butternut here in New England, I even go home via
Butternut Street. It's a very different wood than walnut. Anyone
who's calling it "White Walnut" is churching it up to charge a higher
price. G

Perhaps the other walnut people are thinking of is Claro Walnut,
common on the left coast?

Also, lots of kiln dried walnut is steamed, air dired usually isn't.
The stuff that isn't steamed usually has more contrast between the
light and dark sections.

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