Also know as Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) it is a hardwood known for its rich, dark brown color and attractive grain pattern. It is valued for its durability, workability, and the distinct aesthetic qualities it brings to various applications.
A native American hardwood, American Walnut, is a premium furniture and cabinet making timber and is known for its rich chocolate brown heartwood colour. Heartwood can range from a lighter pale brown to a dark chocolate brown with darker brown streaks. Color can sometimes have a grey, purple, or reddish cast. Sapwood is pale yellow-gray to nearly white. The texture of American Walnut timber is fine and the timber has a generally straight grain, sometimes displaying an attractive curly or wavy grain pattern. The dark heartwood will lighten in colour as it ages overtime with exposure to UV light.
American Walnut is great to work with due it’s medium density and predictable grain and it gives off a pleasant sweet scent in the production process.
In terms of sustainability Walnut is one of the few species that is planted as well as re-generated naturally and according to the American Hardwood Export Council is takes 6.84 seconds to grow 1 cubic metre!
