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what is it?

Never heard of beech walnut....

Neither are these two trees very closely related either:

Beech - Family Fagaceae ----- Walnut - Family Juglandaceae

Hybrids between them are not likely (!)

Could it be BLEACHED walnut? (...as in "steamed" walnut....??)

Any description available?

Rob Wallace
 
About 7 or 8 years ago I had a table at my first show. A couple of my items were confetti lamps made out of "White Walnut" which had been given to me by a person who knew what it was. Clay Foster visited that show and upon looking at "White Walnut" written on the bottoms commented "looks like Butternut to me." I said no, it was White Walnut from Arkansas. He said sure looks like Butternut to me and walked away. I thought "hot-shot world renowned turner doesn't know one wood from another." A couple months later while thumbing through "Woods of the World", I noticed a page on Butternut. I checked it out and noticed right away that they listed "also known as White Walnut." I'm glad nobody was around to see me turn red. I later told this story to Clay and apologised. He smiled. Damn that guy is smart!
 
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