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About Juglans regia - English Walnut This is the thin-shelled English Walnut, also called Italian, European, Circassian, French, Royal, Russian, and Turkish. It’s all the same wood, but color and grade vary by location of where it grows. This is the king of the gun woods and most sought after and most expensive in the gun world today. How We Grade Our Wood Grading of this wood is all about the amount of streaking and marbling in the wood, and the colors of this wood can vary from very blond to very highly colorful pieces. There are many misconceptions about what part of the tree produces the best gun wood. Many people have the conception that root wood is the best, when in fact this is totally wrong. Root wood has no strength or durability, and is very difficult to become stable. Root wood is very pretty and has the typical zig-zaggy lines seen in much of your Turkish blanks. We, at Old Tree, will not, and refuse to, cut root wood, as it is not stable type gun wood. The roots are more porous from being underground the whole life of the tree. Now if this root wood is also steamed or kiln dried, then you’ve taken a bad piece of wood and made it worse. Yes, it’s pretty, but that’s all it is. The best gun wood is at ground level where the trunk flares, going clear up to the first forks. Please visit our How To Choose English Walnut Blanks - Saw Cuts page. Gallery of Pictures Click here to take a look. English Walnut, Black Walnut, Bastogne Walnut, Royal Walnut Hybrid, and Screwbean Mesquite Rifle Blanks and Shotgun Blanks in inventory. If you do not see the perfect gunstock blank for your project posted on our web site please consult with us to find out about additional stocks we have in storage. We also have more Screwbean Mesquite in storage if you do not see what you need on our web site. |
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