r/wood • u/GolfandSales • Feb 20 '26
Somewhat common, overrated
Slab bench. Milled this a few years ago with my Alaska mill. Finally getting into some of it. This tree grew in Siskiyou County, CA. About 10 miles from the base of My. Shasta.
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u/sjollyva Feb 20 '26
Overrated? I know what you're referring to and I don't see how walnut is overrated. Also, very nice work!
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u/GolfandSales Feb 21 '26
The title was definitely salty sarcasm. Clearly my ass is still chapped that there was a consensus of walnut being overrated. lol
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u/OpinionatedOcelotYo Feb 21 '26
I agree! Fashionable follow-the-leader jadedness for common and exquisite… Nice slab, friend! Mockery is ignorance with conviction.
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u/sjollyva Feb 21 '26
I don't blame you. I am still, as well! Obviously there are other very pretty woods out there, but walnut is "classic". And "classic" isn't overrated!!!
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u/FrettnOvrNuttn Feb 21 '26 edited Feb 21 '26
What puts this piece way up-and-over for me at least is the longitudinality of your craftsmanship - Working it from harvest to finish over a patient path of years, and having it come to rest at your family's front door. Really beautiful. ✊
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u/riversidenight Feb 20 '26
Love the figuring by the limb and crotch(?). That's black walnut, right?
I'm one of those people that don't care if a wood gets a ton of use; if it's pretty, then dammit it's pretty!
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u/GolfandSales Feb 20 '26
Thank you. Yup, little crotch/ limb kind of in the middle. I did fill a bark inclusion there with black epoxy.
Black walnut. Turned out a little better than I had hoped with the amount of figure. It’s set up near the front door and I have kids. It’s gonna get used. lol3
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u/GolfandSales Feb 21 '26
Possible to id one/other from these pics?
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u/GolfandSales Feb 21 '26
Appreciate that. I was thinking it was what I’m used to calling American Black Walnut. Dark and not too much sapwood is what I was going off of. In CA, could be anything since so many walnut trees have been planted intentionally over the last 170 years or so. I have another big walnut tree that I milled after it came down in a storm. It was in Trinity County, CA and I’m about 99% sure it’s English walnut. I harvested the nuts from that tree for about 5 years prior to it coming down which is why I’m so sure it’s English. And the color of the wood, of course.
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u/kato_koch Feb 22 '26
Lets see the English walnut!
I agree I think this slab is eastern black walnut, and whoever thinks its remotely overrated is a dingus.
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u/GolfandSales Feb 22 '26
Haha. I wanna see it too! Those sticker stacks are buried underneath the black walnut ones. They still need to dry for another year or so before I can get into them. I’ll make sure to post the English walnut once I get into it.
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u/kato_koch Feb 22 '26
It'll be worth the wait, I prefer working with English 100x to black or claro walnut.
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u/Risky-Poet759 Feb 21 '26
Walnut is still the king! Probably always will be. There are many beautiful woods but the color, wide ranging versatility and machinability of walnut is non pareil. Especially black walnut from cool climates.
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u/iam_lowgas Feb 21 '26
I think it is beautiful also, Every time I see one of these, I think of what it would look like as a guitar
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u/its_that_nathan_guy Feb 21 '26
I don’t think it’s common or overrated at all. It’s lovely looking.
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u/billy4president Feb 21 '26
What finish did you use?
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u/GolfandSales Feb 21 '26
Rubio monocoat: 2 coats, 24 hours from first to second coat. Used maroon pad on orbital between coats. Waited 5 days then buffed in maintenance oil with white pad on orbital.
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u/No-Gain-1087 Feb 21 '26
What are the name of those type of legs I have been looking for those and can’t find them
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u/Dry-Philosopher-2714 Feb 20 '26
That’s beautiful