While we specialize in the “King of Cabinet Woods”, BLACK WALNUT (Juglans
nigra) lumber, we do inventory other species and will be adding them to our site as time permits.
To insure quality, logs for our lumber came from standing timber selected by us, rough sawn to our
specifications, and air-dried at our warehouse to 9-11% MC. We know where our lumber comes from
and we know that the lumber was properly dried and stored.
We do not "steam" our lumber. Steaming is
another industry practice done for the benefit of the industry - not the
woodworker. Steaming allows the industry to sell Sapwood at Heartwood
prices (i.e. sapwood is graded as heartwood). As purists who desire
the "old world" natural lumber we believe steaming grays and dulls
the color
palette of the lumber, reduces its patina, and reduces the beautiful grain
contrast which makes Walnut Lumber the "King of Cabinet Woods"
Our lumber is from slow
growth trees from Northeastern Iowa and Northwestern Illinois. This area is regarded as one
of the best growing areas (for Black Walnut) in the world.
We do not buy urban or yard
trees as these can have hidden metal, are prone to mineral streaking, lightning strikes, and tend to be
faster growth.
Nor do we buy trees from outside of our locale mentioned above
We are told by an international Veneer
company that our inventory of over 20,000 board feet of Black Walnut lumber is the world’s largest privately owned
(non-corporate) inventory. Seems to us there has to be someone out there who has more! Please email us!
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