Although most of us think "black walnut" when walnut is mentioned, I came accross something not too long ago that butternut is sometimes refered to as "white walnut".
Read the full replyThe neat thing is that it is entirely black walnut. The back and the knobs are sapwood. Well, I've never seen it before...
Although most of us think "black walnut" when walnut is mentioned, I came accross something not too long ago that butternut is sometimes refered to as "white walnut".
At least a couple of threads here within the last month or two might have been the place...
Butternut is a member of the walnut family, hence there's a basis for the name...
Well, that is kinda why I thought my little project was interesting. Butternut is called white walnut, but it is actually cinnamon colored. Black walnut sapwood actually IS white; but you never see it because it doesn't exist commercially.
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