Black Walnut
Black Walnut for carving: how hard it is, how the grain behaves under the knife and what carvers use it for.
- Janka hardness (lbf)Side hardness as published by The Wood Database
- 1,010 lbf
- Grain
- straight to wavy, open pores
- Used for
- relief, figures, spoons
- Ease of carving
- moderate
- In the woodworking database
- Black Walnut
- Notes
- Carves well with keen tools and needs no stain; open pores show in fine detail.
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