You're too easily impressed. Have a look at this
piece of claro walnut.

http://www.bakerhardwoods.com/

BTW - it's about 4 inches thick - and it's mainly
crotch grain. He had four of these slabs left - the
best went to Japan. With something like this I didn't
have the guts to ask the price.

If you want to hurt your checkbook, go through
the photos of their inventory.

They're by appointment only and not interested
in Looky Lou folks. Figure on spending a minimum
of $300 to make it worths Jims walk from the
house to the warehouse out back. If you can't
find at least $300 worth of wood you want it's
time to hang up your tools, turn off the lights
and find another obsession.

charlie b