Black Walnut Spindle Blank

Uses: In the USA it is the standard timber of rifle butts and gunstocks. It is extensively used for high-quality furniture, cabinetmaking and interior joinery, boatbuilding, musical instruments, clockcases, turnery and carving. A major timber in plywood manufacture and sliced for panelling, cabinet veneers and decorative veneers for all kinds in the form of Stumpwood, crotches, burrs, burls, etc.

General Description: American Walnut's heartwood is a rich dark brown to purplish-black, mostly straight grained, but with wavy or curly grain occasionally present. The texture is rather coarse. Weight averages 640 kg/m3 (40 lb/ft3); specific gravity .64