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footfootfoot · 01-02-2012, 08:47 PM

Glatt, is the color off on that? It looks more like black locust to me, or olive wood, especially the grain.

glatt · 01-03-2012, 07:29 AM

The color is correct, but it's unfinished, so it might look a lot darker with a finish on it. But now that you mention it, I'm not positive it's black walnut. It was a long time ago that I cut up that log. The tree's leaves and bark looked like black walnut, but there were no walnuts present at the time it came down. I don't think it was black locust though since there were no thorns anywhere.

Undertoad · 01-03-2012, 07:34 AM

time to dust off this lovely...

footfootfoot · 01-03-2012, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

The color is correct, but it's unfinished, so it might look a lot darker with a finish on it. But now that you mention it, I'm not positive it's black walnut. It was a long time ago that I cut up that log. The tree's leaves and bark looked like black walnut, but there were no walnuts present at the time it came down. I don't think it was black locust though since there were no thorns anywhere.

can you take a close up with a sheet of white paper next to it?

Black walnut is really chocolaty brown, Locust is orange when freshly cut down, greenish yellow when dried turning cafe au lait brown when exposed to light for a long time. The grain is very open somewhat like oak or ash but not quite as large pored. Very similar to Mulberry or Osage Orange if you are familiar with them, I think you have those down near you. Black walnut has very fine grain structure, a lot like mahagony.

Perhaps

HungLikeJesus · 01-03-2012, 10:01 AM

Maybe.

glatt · 01-03-2012, 10:25 AM

Definitely not Mulberry or Osage Orange. The leaves were all wrong. But black locust and black walnut leaves are similar enough that I could have confused them. And I was actively looking for spines, and saw none, so I ruled out black locust in my mind. That's about all I remember from that day a decade ago.

Sundae · 01-03-2012, 11:30 AM

Biscuits

glatt · 01-03-2012, 11:39 AM

Nice bright colors. I bet they taste great too. Well done!

Sundae · 01-03-2012, 11:49 AM

Actually they don't - far too sweet!
But the staffroom will gobble them up

classicman · 01-03-2012, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae

Actually they don't - far too sweet!

NOT possible.

They look wonderful!

zippyt · 01-03-2012, 01:11 PM

They Look Lovely !!!

glatt · 01-03-2012, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

can you take a close up with a sheet of white paper next to it?

Spoon in front is older and has darkened for a year or two. Spoon in back is a day old. The wood is yellower when cut into and noticably darker when aged.

BigV · 01-03-2012, 06:32 PM

Does not look like black walnut from here. manymany variables, sure, but the color seems to be far too light, and variable.

Griff · 01-03-2012, 06:57 PM

I made a social story for a boy who hates the cleanup transition. First day was a positive step.

glatt · 01-03-2012, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

a boy who hates the cleanup transition

I know you're dealing with this on a different level, but that sounds like every boy I know.

Congratulation on the positive step. Was this the first day back after a long break? If so, was that a good thing, or a more difficult thing?

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01-03-2012, 10:01 AM	#155
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01-03-2012, 11:30 AM	#157
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Biscuits Attached Images

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BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Does not look like black walnut from here. manymany variables, sure, but the color seems to be far too light, and variable. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-03-2012, 07:29 AM	#152
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The color is correct, but it's unfinished, so it might look a lot darker with a finish on it. But now that you mention it, I'm not positive it's black walnut. It was a long time ago that I cut up that log. The tree's leaves and bark looked like black walnut, but there were no walnuts present at the time it came down. I don't think it was black locust though since there were no thorns anywhere.

01-03-2012, 07:34 AM	#153
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	time to dust off this lovely...

01-03-2012, 10:25 AM	#156
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Definitely not Mulberry or Osage Orange. The leaves were all wrong. But black locust and black walnut leaves are similar enough that I could have confused them. And I was actively looking for spines, and saw none, so I ruled out black locust in my mind. That's about all I remember from that day a decade ago.

01-03-2012, 11:39 AM	#158
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Nice bright colors. I bet they taste great too. Well done!

01-03-2012, 11:49 AM	#159
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Actually they don't - far too sweet! But the staffroom will gobble them up

01-03-2012, 06:57 PM	#164
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I made a social story for a boy who hates the cleanup transition. First day was a positive step. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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