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Slow Growth!

Natural Air-dried!

Great Growing Area!

Large Inventory!


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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