Walnut Burl

Walnut Burl is probably the most popular wood burl of all burls. Not bad for being a large knot, like a lump, on the side of a tree. Burls can be worth alot of money and Walnut is no exception. As we know, Burls are the result of cambium. Nice burls are rare and becoming even more so. It is thought that burls and figured wood in general are the result of stress. Just exactly what all the different types of stress may be, I'm not sure we have determined yet. There are 21 species of Walnut in the genus. They range across the north temperate Old World from southeast Europe, east to Japan, and more widely in the New World from southeast Canada, west to California and south to Argentina. Some of the species, such as Persian Walnut, are popular for their fruit where others, like Black Walnut, are popular for their wood. Black Walnut Burl is probably my favorite burl to work with. When we work with Walnut Burl, we balance match to the cut to size panel or sketch face so we can realize the full affect that burl has to offer. We use Walnut Burl for matched wall panels, cabinet component parts, table and desk tops and various types of furnishings. We typically have Walnut Burl in our inventory and we enjoy working with it.