Just wondering if anyone had recently purchased any Walnut or knows what the price is for a cubic foot of Walnut, in particular part seasoned?
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Walnut price
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Thanks Paul.
I'm trying to gauge what sort of price I should offer for the largest limbs of a very big tree.
The only dealings I've had with Walnut was a few years ago & if memory serves me right it was about £35 a cubic foot for kiln dried, so that compares with what you paid.
I know Walnut is in vogue at the moment so is fetching good money, I can foresee some bartering
I'm trying to gauge what sort of price I should offer for the largest limbs of a very big tree.
The only dealings I've had with Walnut was a few years ago & if memory serves me right it was about £35 a cubic foot for kiln dried, so that compares with what you paid.
I know Walnut is in vogue at the moment so is fetching good money, I can foresee some bartering
Thanks Paul.
I'm trying to gauge what sort of price I should offer for the largest limbs of a very big tree.
The only dealings I've had with Walnut was a few years ago & if memory serves me right it was about £35 a cubic foot for kiln dried, so that compares with what you paid.
I know Walnut is in vogue at the moment so is fetching good money, I can foresee some bartering
Count me in for some Doug... I'll happily buy some from you.
That's good to know Paul as they want me to buy it all which if I'm honest is far more than I need, hopefully I'll know more by the weekend
Neil
Fellow
Being branch wood it will probably have a very high percentage of sapwood and the price will vary according to the colouring, the darker the more expensive. I think the going rate is between 60 and 80 a cube for clean kiln dried. As this is branch wood, depending on the sapwood volume, wet and with a probable 30% wastage on the converted wood! I would be tempted to pay no more than 5-7.50 a cube. It's very unlikely that there is any commercial interest in the branch wood so you should be able to pick it up cheaply.
Neil
Fellow
Good timber are currently quoting 60 quid a cubic foot, air dried. I picked up some lovely coloured walnut that was cut for gunstocks in Turkey (still Jutland Regis -same as English walnut) each piece was 2.5 x7.5 x 21 inches and I paid a tenner a piece, about 44quid a cube. It was dry, clean and beautifully coloured and figured. If they want you to buy the lot sounds to me as if they are looking for a site clearance exercise rather than a commercial sale? Best of luck
The trunk is included in the sale, there is between 14 & 16" of very dark heartwood in that, plus the very large limbs which have a lot of heartwood in.
I've only seen the cut up pieces but it must have been a very large tree judging by the sections, it's just a shame that it hasn't been cut down with a lot of thought, the longest sections are 3'. If whoever cut it down had known what it was worth it would have made some superb boards, then again I wouldn't have been offered it if it had.
Just to add it was originally been ear marked as fire wood until someone I know suggested I'd be interested in it.
I've only seen the cut up pieces but it must have been a very large tree judging by the sections, it's just a shame that it hasn't been cut down with a lot of thought, the longest sections are 3'. If whoever cut it down had known what it was worth it would have made some superb boards, then again I wouldn't have been offered it if it had.
Just to add it was originally been ear marked as fire wood until someone I know suggested I'd be interested in it.
Neil
Fellow
In which case Doug it sounds like you could be up for a bargain although transportation is going to be expensive! I would have thought that the firewood price plus a pair of large matching salt and pepper mills should be a good starting offer?
Penpal
Grand Master
My best buys over the years was to get in with makers of gun stocks offcuts and undersizes for them ie for pen blanks I will photograph the A.C.T. Govt wood piles that get chipped around here great logs of this timber appear frequently there and some guys have rights to this timber then having shopped around , now I know others have already done this exercise trust you get a friendly deal one that is equitable for both parties.
Kind regards Peter. Interested to see this one play out mate.
Kind regards Peter. Interested to see this one play out mate.
That is a good price Neil, Did you get them from a Turkish site? I've had a look and they want a fair amount on most web sites + of course the tax, delivery and whatever else.
Good luck to you Doug, keep all of us in mind when and if you sell...
bluntchisel
Registered
I think Neil deserves some special applause here. Whenever he replies to a query he always comes back with the bizz. He takes the trouble to research, and then gives us the benefit of his knowledge. He gives us a lot of his time. WELL DONE THAT MAN - MUCH APPRECIATED!
Bob.
Bob.
I think Neil deserves some special applause here. Whenever he replies to a query he always comes back with the bizz. He takes the trouble to research, and then gives us the benefit of his knowledge. He gives us a lot of his time. WELL DONE THAT MAN - MUCH APPRECIATED!
Bob.
I can't agree more.
Agreed, thanks Neil