Reply To: mystery branch
Welcome! / Forums / General Woodworking Discussions / Wood and Wood Preparation / mystery branch / Reply To: mystery branch
@frankj, I never saw the tree, I just picked up the branch and a few old chisels from his garage. I was expecting something in the region of dark brown and was honestly a little disappointed with what I got, which is more like the colour of maple or sycamore. Still, free wood is free wood.
@beran, I had not considered it might be another species in the same genus. It does seems unlikely that you could mistake anything else for a walnut tree if it doesn’t produce walnuts.
Then again, some ornamental species of pear produce fruit so unrecognisable compared to the commonly eaten fruit that I suspect they could easily be misidentified by a layman, perhaps this guy was just told it was an ornamental walnut and never questioned it.
The wood is very nice to work with, whatever it is, I think I’m going to use a lot for carving practice.
Thanks for your suggestions.
Matt