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   user-83659 | Jan 03, 2006 04:31am | #1

   I have a very limited experience with Peruvian Walnut.  In my very limited expereince, it seems slightly denser and darker, more choclate in color then American walnut..  It also seems more brittle.  My expereince with the Peruvian is kiln dried, where with the black walnut it is mixed ( air dried and kiln).  Again this is only based on very limited experience. I also looked it up in ome of my references "World Woods in Color" by William Lincoln.  According to this reference.  This book reports that Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) has a specific gravity of .64 and the Peruvian Walnut (Juglans neotropica) is .65. So maybe by observation about density is  based on a too limited sample. 

   Good luck

   -Peter

    

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   mbaker00 | Jan 13, 2006 11:06pm | #2

   Iill offer give my limited experience with Peruvian Walnut. I see one of the major benefits of Peruvian Walnut is that it is available in very wide very flat very straigh grain boards. I had several 12-13 inch wide boards that were almost perfectly flat from the warehouse (Wall Lumber Mayodan,NC). To me it is softer that black walnut, and as mentioned has a greater tendency to splinter. I was able to make a very nice set of magazine cases (from a David Marks design if you want to check out his web site). I also finished a dovetailed chest in Peruvian Walnut with birdseye maple panel in the top (also from David Marks designs). It has a nice evenly striped brown/chocolate color. I would definitely consider using it again especially if I needed some very wide boards and dark color.

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   pzgren | Jan 26, 2006 06:30am | #3

   Thank you for the comments and the information. I will probably be giving this a try, since the color and the grain is so nice. Will let you know how it turns out.

   Thanks again!

   James

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   Russell | Feb 03, 2006 02:27am | #4

   James, here's a picture of a conference table from Paul Downs Cabinetmakers, gives you a good idea of what it looks like finished. http://www.pauldowns.com/shopsite/CTAtlantic.html

   Russ Jensen

   http://www.homestead.com/jensenfinefurniture

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   pzgren | Feb 07, 2006 10:26pm | #5

   Russ,

   Thanks for the link. Very nice table. The Peruvian Walnut has a lovely color and grain finished, much like what I was looking for.

   James