I had a co-worker for a decade or so who was from Poland and whose family farm had a stream that ran through it. They would cut a tree or two from their forest and stash the wood in the stream. They had a map / list of the logs, and every year would go back and harvest ones that had been sunk for a decade or 2. He said the grain and coloration made them very valuable to furniture and cabinet makes.
I bet this guy was a Góral - a Polish mountaineer from Podhale or Tatra mountains. Seasoning wood under fast flowing water is popular in these regions, maybe because they have plenty of streams to do it.
I absolutely love watching a wood mill, I’m 63 now and I’ve worked in the bush cutting wood when I was way younger. And I still stop and watch anything wood mill related, wood to me is the most beautiful material in this planet.
That's definitely an oak from the medullary rays on the center quarter sawn halves. I agree with comments further down that it's likely white oak and has darkened due to tannin/iron staining from the water. Look up "bog" oaks from the UK for this sort of effect from long-term water immersion.
@@Michael-ul8bv You're absolutely right that other trees form medullary rays but walnut isn't one of them. Of the USA woods, oak is pretty unique in this video's tree appearance.
@@obiobiwan9268 I personally love the smell of those 2 woods, both in their fresh cut green state, and also working with it properly dried. Its funny how everyone has a diff taste lol Walnut should have a nice warm burnt a little smell, like baked cookies, cinnamon, a little peppery maybe lol idk but just my 2 pennies. Great vid, beautiful wood!
@@obiobiwan9268 Wood's odors can be influenced by their growing environment too (ground water uptake), but I find American Elm (urine) to be most offensive and it transfers that quality to eating utensils and bowls. Cherry, plum, and walnut smell very sweet to me, white oak is earthy/sweet to me.
That is some pretty lumber. 20 or so years ago a neighbor was pulling some sunken cypress logs from the creek behind my house. One of the logs he pulled out had my great grandfathers brand on it. Back in the day they would put their brand on the logs before they floated them down the creek or river to the sawmill. There is no telling how old that log is, my grandfather died in 1929. BTW I still have that piece of log sitting in my living room.
*150-300 years ago that whole area was a black walnut forest that got milled. Black Walnut don't even produce fruit (and walnuts) for nine years, and while you can harvest these at 35 years, you can harvest oak almost twice as fast so your great grandfathers replanted oak.*
I learned how to build yurts by a guy that had his own mill. I lived on his property for about 4 months helping him cut up cedar logs. Being a woodworker for over 50 years I've found "dirty" lumber that I got for cheap because they didn't know what it was. Took it to the shop and it turned out to be Mahogany. The rewards of finding premium lumber in dirty logs are so awesome.
That log turned out some of the most beautiful wood I have ever seen in its raw state. Please follow up and show us what he makes with this wood as it has to be unique and valuable.
You know it doesn't matter what variety of timber it is, because reducing it's still a quality piece of rough cut lumber with exceptional grain coloration to it. Whether its walnut or oak, hickory or whatever it is I'd sure be proud to have myself a big dinning room table made from it, especially when the owner handed me a slab of wood big enough to do exactly that. Hard part now though, is finding enough lumber to match the top for the legs, or base pedestal, and chairs to go around it. So really appreciate being able to see y'all's table, and whatever he makes from it himself. Y'all take care now
Our shack was on the Rainbow Flowage feeding the old paper mill in Rhinelander Wisconsin. Beginning around 1900 my relatives worked for the mill. Anyone not working there worked for the brewery; the perfect combination. Anyhow the flowage was where thousands of logs floated waiting to travel up the belts before being ground to pulp. About 30 years ago, a local guy started pulling “sinkers” up out of the water. They have been down there for up to 150 years. These are cut and shipped to factories where cabinets and furniture bring the old growth trees back to life.
I live in black walnut country and see it all the time. Walnut does not have the medular rays as was seen in the center of that log. It is definitely a species of oak, but which one, I can't say.
A long time ago I managed to get some lumber from a sunken log. It was GEORGEOUS. I have no idea what kind of wood it was but after it milled out it was outstanding. You are lucky to have the experience to saw it.
That's beautiful. In Sweden we have something we call black oak. It's oak that we put in lakes or bogs where we leave it for decades until it turns black. Not commonly used today because of the time it needs.
Beautiful Blk. Walnut, I'm an old veneer man and seeing a log opened up was almost like getting a christmas present. Some were better than you expected and some was not so much. Will keep watching and thanks.
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I'm a woodturner and I turn a lot of walnut. It is beautiful wood and finishes like glass. But ... I've never seen a piece with the fantastic character that log has. Great find that is gonna make some beautiful furniture! Thanks for sharing! Take care, Dave
I think the reason you've never seen walnut like that is that it's not walnut. The prominent and large medulary rays can only mean oak here in North America.
I had a friend in Oregon who used to salvage sinkers out of the Umpqua, and Smith River on the coast. Most of them were at least 90+ years old. Last time I saw him he had people waiting to buy whatever he found, and were constantly pestering him to find more. Glorious colors and grains. Keep in mind most of it was Doug fir, and Alder. Loved the video, even though it's a bit late for me to find.
I got explained by a history teacher that the large logs for castles and churches construction in medieval times were submersed for at least 20 years in a river. It would make the wood stronger, harder and lasting longer after. It got that hard that it needed to pre-worked to final dimensions before submersing it.
I am always glad to see good wood being put to good use , and I really appreciate your finding out that this log turned out to be worth the time you put into to it .
We have all kinds of them here in southern Canada. Good thing is even the beaver won't touch them so the river is a natural place to find them logged. Beautiful wood.
I'm up in Ohio. I had In-laws, (Father/Sons) that had cleared their lot to build a Home for Father In-law. They saved the Black Walnut base cut logs about 16-18 foot long. Above that, they sold off. After storing the logs for 6+ years, BIL named Bill, slabbed up those logs. he stacked them to dry for a few years. When it was time for his home build, Those BW and the Maples saved became the new homes kitchen Bath Cabinets. Maple box cabinets, trimmed in the Black Walnut, BW was also the Drawer faces. He had pre-built all the Cabinets long before breaking ground to build the house. At time for the final build parts, those Cabinets became the room divider. What a Wall they were!
Yeah I am up in the air about this one. Can’t say 100% it’s one or the other. It is a customers log so I only was left with one piece. We will investigate further.
The state was rebuilding a new bridge near my house . While rebuilding they dragged out a bunch of logs out of the stream. From the old original covered bridge . They were 100 to 150 years submerged . They gave me 6 or 7 logs . I cut some rounds for my lathe . When I cut them the wood was a light colored wood, but when the sun hit the cuts the cuts turned a a grayish brown , Everyone that gets a bowl really likes them .
I suspected it was a walnut log by how straight and almost knot free it was. I saw the first cut and think I am correct though I am far from an expert. In any case it is a beautiful log with so much potential. I hope the owner enjoys it. I’m a new subscriber and appreciate your work. Thanks for sharing it with us.
We sawed a bunch of logs from the 38 storm in New Hampshire. That wind storm blew down large tracks of white pine. The logger of the day put the saw logs in the ponds. We found a forgotten log pond on a wood lot we were working. Those logs were heavy but good as new.
I just found ya'll and subscribed to your channel. Love to see sawmill oddities or just seeing the saw do its thing. Love farming. I love craftsmanship like woodworking, building, electric, electronics and mechanical. Spent my life learning these things. So farming and sawing are really cool in my book.
Hi there love watching you work. The black walnut was so beautiful. My family had a black walnut in the side of our property. 75 year old granny. God bless ya.
The medullary rays were absolutely beautiful! They just don't grow trees with that kind of grain anymore. 25+ years ago I bought some quarter-sawn oak veneer to redo the face of a Victor Victrola. Matched the stain and it turned out very well. I went through a dozen sheets and found the best I could. Still it didn't compare to the grain on the rest of the cabinet. The Victors are over 100, almost 125 years old. Still plays the old shellac 78rpm records, just fine. They are my passion.
I beg to differ about the comment "They just don't grow trees with that kind of grain anymore." The USA certainly does and has some of the best oak timber in the world. Every oak is going to have those multi-cellular rays and everytime you cut it quarter-sawn style you will get that grain appearance. When the Church of the Notre Dame in France burned a few years ago they looked to America for oak timber large enough to rebuild the church roof. Big timber like that doesn't exist in Europe because they cut it all down and never managed the forest for larger trees. PA State Forests in some cases are managed on a 250 year rotation and will produce some beautiful large oak butt logs.
Walnut makes beautiful furniture. I have an antique walnut table that I inherited from my grandmother. It's over 100 years old and my wife spends a full day once a year to buff it with polish because she wants to hand it down to our kids
That is definitely oak. Walnut does not have medullary rays like that. Wood will smell different and discolor after soaking in water for long periods. Those boards will lighten up some after it dries too. Look up "bog oak", it's different from this situation but it will show you how dark oak can get.
A lovely log in which the river had done it bit 😀. It sure cut beautifully 😍 loved those intneral markings so gorgeous ❤. Thanks for sharing 👍 greetings from England 🇬🇧 Simon and Beth ❤❤❤
I agree with all the comments that's white oak. I work with black walnut all the time here in PA and that looks nothing like any kind of walnut I've ever seen. That being said, still a very nice find.
I'm surprised a walnut tree wouldn't have rotted away because insects love it. Also I've never seen rays on walnut, you usually exect to see that on oak, ash or something like that. The smell is all the confirmation you need. Walnut has quite an earthy smell to it, very distinctive..
Anxious to see the wood they left you and the table you make with it. You'll keep us in suspense, since you didn't show a close up in this video. And yes, I'm a new subscriber, binge watching your earlier videos. Love your team effort with your lovely wife, Brittany.
I used to help in a sawmill and all the walnut sawed was a light or blonde color and didn't take its beautiful brown color until it was put into a steam oven for a few hours. I always thought it was amazing that it would go in blonde and come out walnut brown.
Had a neighbor do this in MS in the late 90s. Pulled out BEAUTIFUL wood out of a river and made hardwood floors out of it. Even had some pieces that had almost mineral staining to it (not sure what to call it. Maybe what you are seeing in that. Some was teal or even blue hues). It was absolutely the prettiest floor I ever seen. He did his and a rich guy bought the ENTIRE rest of trees he had and hired him to do his whole house in it.
Never watched videos like this. Very interesting. I love to see inside the lives of those who live in different worlds from my own. Thank you for sharing!!!!!!!
New subscriber. That black walnut was a nice find! Reminded me of "Shelby" when he would go hunting for some old cypress trees that were sunken in the swamp!
I remember when they used to say you could send you're a kid to college if you grew you a black Walnut, Remington high-end rifle stock you could sell to them a friend sold one back the $8,000.00 that is one of the most expensive woods for furniture, gun stocks, pistol grips which could come from the off cuts I have finished that with hot lacquer my goss how beautiful. I'm 80 years old so that was over 20 years ago, I enjoy anything to do with woodworking. good video thank you for sharing..
Mr. Wallace. You did a beautiful job on your log. However it is not walnut. I don't believe it is white oak either based on the way the center of the log is cracked. A cracked center or pith happens quite a bit in black or scarlet oak. Quercus (oak genus) has multi-cellular medullary rays. That is the only North American species that has that characteristic. The quarter sawn view shows the rays very well and you will not have any of that in a walnut log. Beautiful wood. Here in PA we have many sinkers, as they are called, in the Susquehanna River because in the 19th century they were floated down the river to sawmills.
Sawing in to a piece of wood and seeing the grain. Is like eye Candy to me. Black walnut has to be big old trees to be worth anything. The roots was worth more. Because they used it for gun stocks. Because the twisted grain was more durable. And didn't crack or chip.
I would pay cash $s for those 1st cut and the 1st Turn cut pieces. I have made some amazing things on my lathe from mill "off cuts" and always looking for more. Great video, thank you!
South Zenith Petroglyph Hi Dave, Anthony here. Have hundreds of irregular chunks of wood, mostly walnut. Red elm, locust(slabs and roots) varieties of maple gnarly slabs patterned chunks 24951
@@anthonygiancola190 Are you in WV? If so I have 2 Sons in the Beckley area and Fly up there to see them. I have brought back Curly Maple mill off cuts that turned out exceptionally great. We need to get together.
It is some beautiful wood. I like wood and that's got some character. Very good guys, good score, have a good one. Enjoy life. This is Ron Nichols of polynes pines takeout. I said Pollack pines not not even close.
Scary story: An old customer of mine, a septugenarian lifelong cabinet maker, had finished a doctor's solid cherry cabinets with hand rubbed concoction made with beeswax. Did I mention 'hand rubbed'? Took forever. The day he came to put the hardware, he found that it was all painted blue. The doctor had changed his mind about the decor. Let's just end this story with, that dr was able to do his own colonoscopy after my old friend was done with him. Oops, I forgot to ask you to remove children from the room. Don't read them this story.
I said walnut from the first sighting. I built a large entertainment center out of an old walnut tree sawn and stored in a barn for 60 years. Great project.
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I had a co-worker for a decade or so who was from Poland and whose family farm had a stream that ran through it. They would cut a tree or two from their forest and stash the wood in the stream. They had a map / list of the logs, and every year would go back and harvest ones that had been sunk for a decade or 2. He said the grain and coloration made them very valuable to furniture and cabinet makes.
I bet this guy was a Góral - a Polish mountaineer from Podhale or Tatra mountains. Seasoning wood under fast flowing water is popular in these regions, maybe because they have plenty of streams to do it.
Your getting good at yapping and dragging out a video... almost professional
Pretty sure it wrong mr oak
Oak
I absolutely love watching a wood mill, I’m 63 now and I’ve worked in the bush cutting wood when I was way younger. And I still stop and watch anything wood mill related, wood to me is the most beautiful material in this planet.
That's definitely an oak from the medullary rays on the center quarter sawn halves. I agree with comments further down that it's likely white oak and has darkened due to tannin/iron staining from the water. Look up "bog" oaks from the UK for this sort of effect from long-term water immersion.
Are u thinking white oak? But I absolutely have seen modularity rays in other species.
@@Michael-ul8bv You're absolutely right that other trees form medullary rays but walnut isn't one of them. Of the USA woods, oak is pretty unique in this video's tree appearance.
I want to smell the wood. Walnut smells like dirt, Oak smells like pee (at least to me)
@@obiobiwan9268 I personally love the smell of those 2 woods, both in their fresh cut green state, and also working with it properly dried. Its funny how everyone has a diff taste lol Walnut should have a nice warm burnt a little smell, like baked cookies, cinnamon, a little peppery maybe lol idk but just my 2 pennies. Great vid, beautiful wood!
@@obiobiwan9268 Wood's odors can be influenced by their growing environment too (ground water uptake), but I find American Elm (urine) to be most offensive and it transfers that quality to eating utensils and bowls. Cherry, plum, and walnut smell very sweet to me, white oak is earthy/sweet to me.
That is some pretty lumber. 20 or so years ago a neighbor was pulling some sunken cypress logs from the creek behind my house. One of the logs he pulled out had my great grandfathers brand on it. Back in the day they would put their brand on the logs before they floated them down the creek or river to the sawmill. There is no telling how old that log is, my grandfather died in 1929. BTW I still have that piece of log sitting in my living room.
*150-300 years ago that whole area was a black walnut forest that got milled. Black Walnut don't even produce fruit (and walnuts) for nine years, and while you can harvest these at 35 years, you can harvest oak almost twice as fast so your great grandfathers replanted oak.*
I learned how to build yurts by a guy that had his own mill. I lived on his property for about 4 months helping him cut up cedar logs. Being a woodworker for over 50 years I've found "dirty" lumber that I got for cheap because they didn't know what it was. Took it to the shop and it turned out to be Mahogany. The rewards of finding premium lumber in dirty logs are so awesome.
If you know the right beach you can get very expensive exotic raw wood used on ships and discarded into the sea, gulf or ocean.
That log turned out some of the most beautiful wood I have ever seen in its raw state. Please follow up and show us what he makes with this wood as it has to be unique and valuable.
You know it doesn't matter what variety of timber it is, because reducing it's still a quality piece of rough cut lumber with exceptional grain coloration to it.
Whether its walnut or oak, hickory or whatever it is I'd sure be proud to have myself a big dinning room table made from it, especially when the owner handed me a slab of wood big enough to do exactly that.
Hard part now though, is finding enough lumber to match the top for the legs, or base pedestal, and chairs to go around it.
So really appreciate being able to see y'all's table, and whatever he makes from it himself.
Y'all take care now
Our shack was on the Rainbow Flowage feeding the old paper mill in Rhinelander Wisconsin. Beginning around 1900 my relatives worked for the mill. Anyone not working there worked for the brewery; the perfect combination. Anyhow the flowage was where thousands of logs floated waiting to travel up the belts before being ground to pulp. About 30 years ago, a local guy started pulling “sinkers” up out of the water. They have been down there for up to 150 years. These are cut and shipped to factories where cabinets and furniture bring the old growth trees back to life.
Yeah, sure, aint like it used to be up. I've been going up to the Hazelhurst area for years. Water levels Will never be like that ever again
I live in black walnut country and see it all the time. Walnut does not have the medular rays as was seen in the center of that log. It is definitely a species of oak, but which one, I can't say.
I agree, it is Oak, I believe it's White oak but can't be sure withoput a better quality close up
@@buckburton7318is there such a thing as black oak?
I also agree. In the oak family for sure. Probably white oak. Perhaps darkened a bit from being water logged.
You are right my friend. I believe it is white oak. But I am pretty sure it ain’t walnut.
A long time ago I managed to get some lumber from a sunken log. It was GEORGEOUS. I have no idea what kind of wood it was but after it milled out it was outstanding. You are lucky to have the experience to saw it.
That's beautiful. In Sweden we have something we call black oak. It's oak that we put in lakes or bogs where we leave it for decades until it turns black. Not commonly used today because of the time it needs.
Beautiful Blk. Walnut, I'm an old veneer man and seeing a log opened up was almost like getting a christmas present. Some were better than you expected and some was not so much. Will keep watching and thanks.
It’s oak….
Absolutely beautiful wood!!
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Wow, thank you! That is so awesome to hear!!!
beautiful black walnut, the smell and color of the sawdust is the giveaway. What a piece of wood
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I'm a woodturner and I turn a lot of walnut. It is beautiful wood and finishes like glass. But ... I've never seen a piece with the fantastic character that log has. Great find that is gonna make some beautiful furniture! Thanks for sharing!
Take care, Dave
Thank you very much for watching!
I think the reason you've never seen walnut like that is that it's not walnut. The prominent and large medulary rays can only mean oak here in North America.
I had a friend in Oregon who used to salvage sinkers out of the Umpqua, and Smith River on the coast. Most of them were at least 90+ years old. Last time I saw him he had people waiting to buy whatever he found, and were constantly pestering him to find more. Glorious colors and grains. Keep in mind most of it was Doug fir, and Alder. Loved the video, even though it's a bit late for me to find.
That walnut is beautiful. I love the colors and in it.
I got explained by a history teacher that the large logs for castles and churches construction in medieval times were submersed for at least 20 years in a river. It would make the wood stronger, harder and lasting longer after. It got that hard that it needed to pre-worked to final dimensions before submersing it.
I did not know that...
@@LMike2004 because it’s not true
I am always glad to see good wood being put to good use , and I really appreciate your finding out that this log turned out to be worth the time you put into to it .
Now you are sawing logs like I saw every day . God Bless y'all and have a great day
We have all kinds of them here in southern Canada. Good thing is even the beaver won't touch them so the river is a natural place to find them logged. Beautiful wood.
I'm up in Ohio. I had In-laws, (Father/Sons) that had cleared their lot to build a Home for Father In-law. They saved the Black Walnut base cut logs about 16-18 foot long. Above that, they sold off. After storing the logs for 6+ years, BIL named Bill, slabbed up those logs. he stacked them to dry for a few years.
When it was time for his home build, Those BW and the Maples saved became the new homes kitchen Bath Cabinets. Maple box cabinets, trimmed in the Black Walnut, BW was also the Drawer faces.
He had pre-built all the Cabinets long before breaking ground to build the house.
At time for the final build parts, those Cabinets became the room divider. What a Wall they were!
Great looking log ! Cant wait to see the finished product . Always enjoy your effort working together.
Thanks for watching!
Oak log. Still very cool. I've sawn several sinker logs. They dry flat and move very little once dry. The water cures them the old fashioned way.
Yeah I am up in the air about this one. Can’t say 100% it’s one or the other. It is a customers log so I only was left with one piece. We will investigate further.
oak
What a beautiful surprise in that old river log!!!
Black walnut is my favorite smelling wood
Gorgeous log. I love sinker logs, esp black walnut and cypress.
The state was rebuilding a new bridge near my house . While rebuilding they dragged out a bunch of logs out of the stream. From the old original covered bridge . They were 100 to 150 years submerged . They gave me 6 or 7 logs . I cut some rounds for my lathe . When I cut them the wood was a light colored wood, but when the sun hit the cuts the cuts turned a a grayish brown , Everyone that gets a bowl really likes them .
that would make some beautiful gunstocks! very nice wood!!!
I suspected it was a walnut log by how straight and almost knot free it was. I saw the first cut and think I am correct though I am far from an expert. In any case it is a beautiful log with so much potential. I hope the owner enjoys it. I’m a new subscriber and appreciate your work. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Thanks so much for joining along!
it s not walnut it is oak i am an expert
We sawed a bunch of logs from the 38 storm in New Hampshire.
That wind storm blew down large tracks of white pine. The logger of the day put the saw logs in the ponds. We found a forgotten log pond on a wood lot we were working.
Those logs were heavy but good as new.
That is really cool to find that!
I just found ya'll and subscribed to your channel. Love to see sawmill oddities or just seeing the saw do its thing. Love farming. I love craftsmanship like woodworking, building, electric, electronics and mechanical. Spent my life learning these things. So farming and sawing are really cool in my book.
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Theyve been pulling some logs out of the great lakes that are 100-150 years old. Amazing grain patterns that you don't see in todays lumber.
What beautiful piece of sunken treasure this log turned out to be
Hi there love watching you work. The black walnut was so beautiful. My family had a black walnut in the side of our property. 75 year old granny. God bless ya.
The medullary rays were absolutely beautiful! They just don't grow trees with that kind of grain anymore. 25+ years ago I bought some quarter-sawn oak veneer to redo the face of a Victor Victrola. Matched the stain and it turned out very well. I went through a dozen sheets and found the best I could. Still it didn't compare to the grain on the rest of the cabinet. The Victors are over 100, almost 125 years old. Still plays the old shellac 78rpm records, just fine. They are my passion.
I beg to differ about the comment "They just don't grow trees with that kind of grain anymore." The USA certainly does and has some of the best oak timber in the world. Every oak is going to have those multi-cellular rays and everytime you cut it quarter-sawn style you will get that grain appearance. When the Church of the Notre Dame in France burned a few years ago they looked to America for oak timber large enough to rebuild the church roof. Big timber like that doesn't exist in Europe because they cut it all down and never managed the forest for larger trees. PA State Forests in some cases are managed on a 250 year rotation and will produce some beautiful large oak butt logs.
Walnut makes beautiful furniture. I have an antique walnut table that I inherited from my grandmother. It's over 100 years old and my wife spends a full day once a year to buff it with polish because she wants to hand it down to our kids
Wow! Sawed it open ans it was ...WOOD! Some big SURPRISE!
Black walnut stinkswhen cutting,you've got a real treasure 🎉
Very cool. I had no idea what sawmill saws looked like these days. Super interesting. Thanks.
Beautiful oak log!
Cool find and wrk!
Pretty sure that is oak. I have thousands of feet of walnut and have never seen medullary rays like that in walnut.
I agree I have never seen rays in wallnut
I agree, I believe that is an Oak log, I worked for 54 years in the fancy Hardwood Plywood business and I've never seen rays like that in Walnut.
Agreed.
I agree. Oak
Yea, Walnut DOES NOT HAVE medulary rays like oak does. Even qtr sawn walnut doesn't look like that. Stick with the oak.
My dad was a master wood crafter. And I see now all the beauty in wood.
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That is definitely oak. Walnut does not have medullary rays like that. Wood will smell different and discolor after soaking in water for long periods. Those boards will lighten up some after it dries too. Look up "bog oak", it's different from this situation but it will show you how dark oak can get.
Thanks for the info!
I thought it was oak too.
Beautiful wood! I know whatever the wood worker does with that is going to be gorgeous!
That is some nice looking WOOD You never know what you find in a river Good video watch the next one Have a good day and stay safe
A lovely log in which the river had done it bit 😀.
It sure cut beautifully 😍 loved those intneral markings so gorgeous ❤.
Thanks for sharing 👍 greetings from England 🇬🇧 Simon and Beth ❤❤❤
Thanks for watching!
Wow! the walnut was fantastic. Look forward to seeing the table. Cheers!
Thanks for watching!
I agree with all the comments that's white oak. I work with black walnut all the time here in PA and that looks nothing like any kind of walnut I've ever seen. That being said, still a very nice find.
Beautiful piece of rough sawed lumber .
BEAUTIFUL!! wood, and Fantastic saw!!
I'm surprised a walnut tree wouldn't have rotted away because insects love it. Also I've never seen rays on walnut, you usually exect to see that on oak, ash or something like that. The smell is all the confirmation you need. Walnut has quite an earthy smell to it, very distinctive..
Just found your vid awesome my friend!!! Will definitely watch!!
Nice surprise! Can't wait to see what it looks like on finished piece...
I think it’s red oak I’ve cut lots of walnut and it never looked like that I’m referring to the rays in the quarter sawn
Oh my I knew that was walnut wow one gorgeous piece !!!!❤❤❤
Someone could make that into a beautiful furniture piece, maybe a coffee table. :)
Anxious to see the wood they left you and the table you make with it. You'll keep us in suspense, since you didn't show a close up in this video. And yes, I'm a new subscriber, binge watching your earlier videos. Love your team effort with your lovely wife, Brittany.
I used to help in a sawmill and all the walnut sawed was a light or blonde color and didn't take its beautiful brown color until it was put into a steam oven for a few hours. I always thought it was amazing that it would go in blonde and come out walnut brown.
Gorgeous wood. That walnut would make a beautiful bed in a custom show truck. Wow!
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Had a neighbor do this in MS in the late 90s. Pulled out BEAUTIFUL wood out of a river and made hardwood floors out of it. Even had some pieces that had almost mineral staining to it (not sure what to call it. Maybe what you are seeing in that. Some was teal or even blue hues). It was absolutely the prettiest floor I ever seen. He did his and a rich guy bought the ENTIRE rest of trees he had and hired him to do his whole house in it.
Never watched videos like this. Very interesting. I love to see inside the lives of those who live in different worlds from my own. Thank you for sharing!!!!!!!
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That black walnut was a nice find! Reminded me of "Shelby" when he would go hunting for some old cypress trees that were sunken in the swamp!
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I remember when they used to say you could send you're a kid to college if you grew you a black Walnut, Remington high-end rifle stock you could sell to them a friend sold one back the $8,000.00 that is one of the most expensive woods for furniture, gun stocks, pistol grips which could come from the off cuts I have finished that with hot lacquer my goss how beautiful. I'm 80 years old so that was over 20 years ago, I enjoy anything to do with woodworking. good video thank you for sharing..
What a nice looking log. It was a surprise.
Black Walnut for sure. Great find.
Mr. Wallace. You did a beautiful job on your log. However it is not walnut. I don't believe it is white oak either based on the way the center of the log is cracked. A cracked center or pith happens quite a bit in black or scarlet oak. Quercus (oak genus) has multi-cellular medullary rays. That is the only North American species that has that characteristic. The quarter sawn view shows the rays very well and you will not have any of that in a walnut log. Beautiful wood. Here in PA we have many sinkers, as they are called, in the Susquehanna River because in the 19th century they were floated down the river to sawmills.
Black walnut is stunning 😍
Wow what a treasure! Thoroughly enjoyed the vid. Blessings from Australia 🇦🇺
Thanks so much!
That's so beautiful. I was a sawyer at 16 and I know pretty wood when I see it. Awesome job yall.
Looking at the sawdust made me think of the man who mixes sawdust and Portland cement to make walls.
Great job Tyler & Brit. Enjoyed it.
Beautiful looking grain and color!
Sawing in to a piece of wood and seeing the grain. Is like eye Candy to me. Black walnut has to be big old trees to be worth anything. The roots was worth more. Because they used it for gun stocks. Because the twisted grain was more durable. And didn't crack or chip.
That is beautiful. I am sure that makes being a sawmill really enjoyable when you get to cut wood like that.
It really is!
Gorgeous wood.
That is beautiful mother nature have a blessed day
Congratulations. All kinds of neat colors in that wood.
Nothing more beautiful that black walnut…
Beautiful. Great find 😊
I would pay cash $s for those 1st cut and the 1st Turn cut pieces.
I have made some amazing things on my lathe from mill "off cuts" and always looking for more.
Great video, thank you!
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Hi Dave, Anthony here. Have hundreds of irregular chunks of wood, mostly walnut. Red elm, locust(slabs and roots) varieties of maple gnarly slabs patterned chunks
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Are you in WV? If so I have 2 Sons in the Beckley area and Fly up there to see them. I have brought back Curly Maple mill off cuts that turned out exceptionally great. We need to get together.
Are you still there? Any thoughts on when you might appear here? As long as it isn’t winter. Still have variety of wood slabs and chunks and more…..?
@@anthonygiancola190 Yes I am. Are ya'll in WI?
It is some beautiful wood. I like wood and that's got some character. Very good guys, good score, have a good one. Enjoy life. This is Ron Nichols of polynes pines takeout. I said Pollack pines not not even close.
beautiful wood!!!
Amazing.
WALNUT! How did you know from that dirty waterlogged log. I love videos like this that reveal a surprise and this one sure as heck did..
Beautiful wood
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Congrats on 1 million views on this video! Great job!!
Beautiful grain. Would make a awesome table top or night stands. Black walnut is on of my favorite types of wood. Nice find.😊
Pretty sure that is oak
I dont think so hun. I have never seen oak with that pattern. 😳. Either way it's a beautiful piece of nature's art.
That is the stereotypical grain pattern for white oak (quarter sawn).
It's a piling. It has been knocked down by something fairly large, as the splits suggest. Just depends on what the contractor used.
Hmm it would be interesting to research and see if there was ever an old bridge, train trussel or log chute upstream.
Beautiful!
That looks wonderful
Beautiful oak log.
That is some beautiful walnut!!!! Great job. Man, what I could make from that!!!!!!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
The interior cuts pattern almost looked like curly maple but walnut dark. Too beautiful. Very professional operation as well.
That is some magnificent wood, grain structure and color
He is one lucky guy to work with that, I was cabinet maker for over 50 years and I only worked with it twice, wow it does come up good
Scary story: An old customer of mine, a septugenarian lifelong cabinet maker, had finished a doctor's solid cherry cabinets with hand rubbed concoction made with beeswax. Did I mention 'hand rubbed'? Took forever. The day he came to put the hardware, he found that it was all painted blue. The doctor had changed his mind about the decor. Let's just end this story with, that dr was able to do his own colonoscopy after my old friend was done with him. Oops, I forgot to ask you to remove children from the room. Don't read them this story.
WOW! beautiful.
I said walnut from the first sighting. I built a large entertainment center out of an old walnut tree sawn and stored in a barn for 60 years. Great project.