Butternut or as it is also called White Walnut is an endangered species, being killed by the Butternut cancer disease.
http://rvca.ca/programs/green_acres/...nut/index.html
I got the Butternut wood from the London woodlot years ago, the tree was removed for street widening and dumped at the cities wood-dump lot, found another one there again a few years later, it was shortly before the woodlot was totally cleared and from then on all trees went to a recycling place where all trees were chipped up, no matter what it was, what a waste
Anyway I have rough turned several bowls from the wood and a couple finished, this one just a week or so ago.
It is a softer wood but turns and finishes well and is a nice looking wood IMO, see the shimmer in the wood.
This one is about 10” X 3"
Any and all comments welcome
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