Black Walnut

Black Walnut is highly prized for its dark-colored true heartwood. It is heavy and strong, yet easily split and worked. Walnut wood has historically been used for gunstocks, furniture, flooring, paddles, coffins, and a variety of other woodworking products. Black walnut has a density per cubic metre of 660kg (41.2 lb/cubic foot), which makes it lighter than oak. Walnut is unquetionably the finest wood in the world. The warm brown wood finishes beautifully. It is easy to work, yet durable. It shrinks and swells less than any other wood, which makes it valuable to cabinet makers and gunsmiths alike.