American black walnut

[@johnortmann3098]

Many winters ago when I was in college, one of my professors was from Ohio. He grew up in an old family house 100+ years old. They tore into it to do some remodeling or something and discovered the whole house was made with large black walnut timbers. I've read that in the old growth forest, black walnuts got 150 feet tall and had straight, clear trunks for the first 75 feet. It was so common they thought nothing of building house out of it.

[@ysasada18]

Ok Comment Arigato

[@scottprather5645]

I've heard of other stories like that Remington Arms company bought this building that had all been made out of black walnut to use for gun stocks kind of black walnut that doesn't even exist anymore

[@creatednordestroyed5339]

Very cool

[@nopride9213]

Only in ohio

[@russellnentwich8745]

Man I would trip if I had run across a house made of walnut.

[@christovanderwesthuizen3491]

If you have never worked with wood with your own hands and made the most of the wood you will never understand just how good it feels to finally stand back and appreciate it.

[@ysasada18]

Arigato

[@christovanderwesthuizen3491]

@@ysasada18 Domo arigato gozaimasu

[@raiderfandew]

It's a very special feeling when you've completed a project that you put your entire being into, and know that it will outlive you and will be cherished by those who come after you. It's as if part of you lives on.

[@joanedwards9380]

I absolutely agree 💯

[@garywemmer9342]

The feel, the intoxicating sent of walnut, maple and cherry, is left to those who are blessed to enjoy!!!

[@obmitno6745]

This almost a satisfying as watching wood turning. That grain is absolutely beautiful.

[@kurtjohnson3496]

Such beautiful wood! I would stare at it for hours if it were sanded smooth and polished. I find it comforting.

[@garywemmer9342]

Yes, you are just awe struck by the grain, the God given wonder of your joy!!

[@hjemison]

That is the most beautiful piece of wood I have ever seen! I wish I had some of the scraps!

[@jagdishprasadkhaitan4815]

Lovely superb Nice sawing of American Black Walnut huge timber log. The grain of this log is very good for furniture and after polishing it will be amazing.

[@alanconnors8881]

That's an impressive piece of of wood and a very impressive mill.

[@thomasslaughter7766]

Looks like Wuhan....

[@OgedayKhan]

Amazing looks like a granite, walnuts furniture really very special,

[@jolujo5842]

That walnut is beautifully figured! DAI KIREI DESU 👍💕 It would make some very beautiful rifle stocks !!!

[@barbf8628]

That is the biggest black walnut I have ever seen! And they are everywhere here. Gorgeous slabs

[@ysasada18]

Arigato

[@CoCo88530]

What a beauty. I could cry to see nature’s bounty and beauty . You can not produce this if you tried. Years and years of growing in the forest. That grain.wow.

[@timmayer8723]

A god given thing of beauty. Rare in the extreme. Handle with the utmost care. Every slab could be a master work of art.

[@ysasada18]

arigato

[@jonhandel8159]

That is magnificent lumber. My God, it's beautiful. I hope it became something breathtaking.

[@jayonez137]

I had to cut down a big black walnut on my property this morning. Which brings me to this video. My walnut was about 38.5” round at the base. I saved the first three 12’ logs. The base is real narly and will look awesome once ripped long ways I’m gonna mill them up one day soon.

[@griseobarba7989]

Gorgeous wood, i have 15 black walnut trees in my back yard. I use the saplings for hiking sticks.

[@redpilled3569]

white beard and endless walnuts!

[@jamesnorris273]

That is the most beautiful walnut I have ever seen. Thank you

[@ysasada18]

Arigato

[@hpelisr]

Yes that is valuable wood even in America, I hope he gets use of all the pieces, and sales at good price.

[@paulkramer4176]

Beautiful slabs. Around the middle toward the final slabs, absolutely stunning grain. Looked like a seascape with waves. Very Japanese art form. The sap was creamier than I normally have seen. I mostly work with Cherry, maple, VG fir, or oak, but I've made some furniture with Walnut. Pretty amazing. Thanks.

[@wilde.coyote6618]

It broke my heart when my spouse bought some crappy pine end tables with ceramic tops. I had to give up my oak end tables I bought in the 90's.

[@jonomasonILoveU]

this is the most beautiful wood i have ever seen,very nice video.

[@ysasada18]

Arigato

[@johnneundorf1585]

What an incredible piece of wood...God's a genius.

[@robju6054]

Beautiful, as the 100-125 year old maple and cedar grow old, we are replanting with black walnut. Nice to see what the wood will look like to my great great grandkids.

[@perihelion7798]

Would we human beings even have a civilization without wood for building and heat? It is truly a wonderful and critical resource, and a thing of immense beauty as well. What a log!

[@ricovali9245]

And a renewable resource.

[@Paul_C]

@@ricovali9245 in 100-150 years, sure. Just we've fucked up the world enough to no more full grown trees in 50 years...

[@BigSurJay]

Anybody else watch the entire video just to see what the next slab would look like? I knew those center cuts through the crotches would look good, but that figure was amazing! Just one of those really nice center cuts could make about 20 nice rifle stock blanks at an average of $1,000 each. That wood was so nice the cheapest stock out of it would still be around $800, with some of the nicer figured pieces going for around $2,000. That’s before a gunsmith even touches it. I have a buddy that makes custom stocks for rifles and shotguns. His cheapest stocks go for $5,000. Takes him a month to make one. People wonder how he can charge so much. Well, because he buys wood like this, then inlets it by hand, checkers it by hand, then oil finishes it for two weeks in a special box he built for curing stocks. But it all starts with a really nice, really expensive piece of wood. They are beautiful, one if a kind works of art. I can’t afford one, but I can hang out in his shop, admire his craft, and drink his beers 😊

[@dreamfunction4491]

You write about cutting down a majestic tree to use it's wood for the making of weapons. Idiot.

[@apenza4304]

Slabs for some beautiful tables? Would love to see the finished product.

[@paullong2169]

You don't get to see this beauty often in life . people. Would die for a slab . Beautiful.

[@Notguilty1]

After the second cut, the remaining log looked like a modern art masterpiece.

[@saintmichael3879]

Thank you for sharing. Is the white outside part of the wood equal strength to the black inside? Is the white part usable or cut away?

[@ysasada18]

The strength differs between the outer and inner parts. We also use the white outer part. Arigato

[@LoveCheeseBurger]

1枚板のテーブルとかにするんですか? それとも。。。 どういう製品になるのでしょうか? 木は輸入なんですね?

[@ysasada18]

輸入木材も国産木材も 両方です。 一枚板のテーブルを製作する 得意先が多いです。

[@scottprather5645]

Wow that's unbelievably beautiful wood that's a once in a lifetime log

[@larryslemp9698]

Incredible!! So, do you know what the intended use(s) are for this gorgeous material, and were the slabs cut to varying thicknesses, and what were the thickness of the slabs, in inches please!!

[@robertlighton758]

This log turned out to be a gold mine!!

[@jeffreycollins7297]

Next time put some extra video after each cut to show us how the slab ended up looking. Beautiful stuff. Serious blade!

[@y-mefarm4249]

What a very old beautiful tree. I have many black walnut trees on my farm and only about 6 that are this big around. They were planted when my house was built in 1850. Unfortunately one will be coming down when we build our new addition.

[@wordwarrior42]

Prob pay for the addition

[@donniebrown2896]

@@wordwarrior42 Auction time

[@femineity]

I wept as I began to see the lifelines of this majestic tree be revealed. I thought about my mom's life, the life of my grandmother, and all the men and women of my family who came before me at the time this tree was but only a seedling and beyond...How old must she be? 170-200 years old? I know that some trees come to a point where they begin to show that they are at the end of their life span. The limbs begin to break and fall to the ground. I can only hope that this beautiful tree was harvested for similar reasons. That, it was her moment to take on a Whole New Life and be lovingly crafted into spectacular pieces that will be cherished for many more years to come! I'd love to have a live edge table made of a tree so beautiful! I wish this tree, where ever it may go, a beloved and appreciated the journey.💞

[@ysasada18]

Ok Comment Arigato

[@femineity]

@@ysasada18 Thank you, Sir. Much respect and blessing to you!

[@dumbotater2158]

A wonderful comment devoted to a wonderful piece of God’s creativity. Thank you.

[@BlackringIII]

♥️ this is a great comment.

[@chrishunt1042]

Deep

[@stevenladew4749]

Imagine turning that into paneling (much thinner of course) and using it on the walls of a cigar and bar room just the way it is in full pieces!

[@whitneylake2107]

It reminds me of wood I saw in the late George Nakashima's shop. Beautiful

[@ysasada18]

I know George Nakajima. Arigato

[@whitneylake2107]

@@ysasada18 I met George when I was eighteen at his shop in New Hope, Pennsylvania. What an incredibly gifted artist. I miss him and think of him every day. Arigatou gozaimasu

[@ysasada18]

My acquaintance is doing his museum. He is a furniture dealer. Arigato

[@barrywest3758]

Beautiful slabs! 👍👍 Thanks for sharing

[@ysasada18]

arigato

[@edgarmiears5992]

What a beautiful tree being cut up. I wish I could buy just one salad. That would make a amazing table

[@jerryowens6218]

Black walnut is the most beautiful wood. When I die I want my casket to be made of black walnut.

[@ysasada18]

Arigato

[@WACRE44]

I like the black walnut very very beautiful.

[@ysasada18]

Arigato

[@phbrinsden]

As I watch I am sensing the sweet smell of the wood. I made a rocking chair out of walnut and I recall the sweet aroma.

[@mikesahle1193]

Thank you 🙏 where was this place ? sign on top of the door 🚪? Japan maybe ! Nice wood with three colors and great 👍 video.

[@ysasada18]

YES japan Arigato

[@Pasquali369]

I had a band saw mill slab up an old Black Walnut here at my place a couple years back. It is stickered in my Greenhouse. I milled some up, and it is gorgeous and dense. Super-dense, heavy wood. And you should see it after I fume it with Ammonium Hydroxide. Wow!

[@jtbear70]

The last cuts after they rotated the Walnut look like a pair of eyes.

[@rogerhodges7656]

I don't know whether I am more impressed with the saw or the log.

[@johnludwick8927]

I have 4 black walnut trees down in my back yard right now. About 24 inch in diameter and 25 feet

[@michaelmullins1290]

If you have kids. You have college money. Black Walnut was high 20 years ago.

[@michaelmullins1290]

I wonder what the worth of the boards are? Some sawmill man on here has to have a ballpark figure. Beautiful wood.

[@zlindauer5315]

love seeing the end of the log go past the saw! saw run out ends up in the sawyers lap! thanks for showing!

[@ysasada18]

Arigato

[@joelfomenky5222]

Hello sir , great work Where can I find a sawmill like this to buy? All I see these days are the portable saw mills

[@ysasada18]

Japan Arigato

[@scottmayer5046]

I see table tops beautiful table tops in lots of different finishes and where the rot was using epoxy in different colors and at least one with a polyurethane finish that look like glass .My dad was wood worker so I learned from him

[@scoopypigeon1694]

Such beautiful grain, I love this.

[@ysasada18]

Arigato

[@belomolnar2128]

Historical pieces. 300 years old ? Approximately ? Or 500 years ? And how about the rest of this supernice tree ? Nice wood for Gold&Gold whisky bar in Tokyo with some Geysha music entartaiment.

[@ysasada18]

Arigato

[@eloiluizcapeletti2383]

Muito bonitas essas tábuas,para fazer uma mesa,vai ficá show de bola,parabéns.

[@josedeuzimaranselmosantiag4607]

Resinada fica um show 😍🤣🤣🤣

[@Retired88M]

Such beautiful grain I hope it will be used to make an unique piece of furniture

[@joewoodchuck3824]

I like the irregular shapes, especially from the first cuts. Beautiful wood.

[@angelmaldonado7967]

I look at that wood as you're sawing it and I see beautiful tables, and chairs all designed to show off that grain.

[@ysasada18]

arigato

[@Bender13]

I’m watching this and wishing I had a small slab for a new guitar body. Imagining how beautiful that would look.

[@cw5986]

Look for 'guitar blanks' on Ebay?

[@ru2yaz33]

One of the best hardwood grain and color...

[@ysasada18]

Arigato

[@robertsidebottom8432]

I would like to see the rest of the process

[@robintaylor-mockingeemill8223]

slab with the blue tag is nice . Great sawing

[@WilGolden]

O M G !!!! Such a beautiful collection of Rifles Stocks! Thank you!

[@ysasada18]

arigato

[@aaaht3810]

That was my first thought. I see walnut, I think rifle stock.

[@directpressure3026]

and that ladies & gentlemen is called really expensive wood.

[@bristleconepinus2378]

100K log

[@jasonsejkora4578]

I called my dad up 30 min ago to inquire about the giant walnuts that are on the family farm. I figured they would make fantastic floors. I think I may have grossly underestimated the value of those trees. 🤔

[@ivantomic2366]

I`m just planting 200 pieces for my 2 year old son!

[@Threefoldawareness]

Beautiful grain 👊

[@Tomangel61]

Wow that is beautiful

[@AuditRecon]

Considering those are 8 quarter slabs I would venture to say that that piece of lumber is worth well over $50,000.

[@ysasada18]

Arigato

[@MtnRidgeStitcher]

What a beautiful tree!!

[@ysasada18]

Arigato

[@stevereed9680]

Wow what a beautiful tree that is very nice grain pattern

[@stevenladew4749]

Beautiful amazing center cuts!

[@daviddejong187]

One of my favorite woods. I turn a lot of it and still have a nice supply of it.

[@ysasada18]

👍 ok Arigato

[@lostinmyspace4910]

In Michigan, I had a customer that wanted a black Walnut tree removed from his backyard. It was so round you could not hug it to touch your hands...took two people to do so. It was clear with no branches from the bottom up thirteen feet before the very first branch. It was huge. I told him to have it harvested for the wood because of the value. He said his tree service told him it didn't have much value, and so they took it. What would a tree's value be like that, clear for thirteen feet, and two people to hug it? I feel they stole that tree from him.

[@TheKettle27]

I love Florida I meet with Cinderella she was gorgeous with her blue dress and glass slipper s and we had a fantastic time we arrive home and had some sad news my grandpa passed away I could not believe it our holiday was ruend I cry a lot because I love him I miss him very much I cry all of the time get so emotional and tear s and I miss you a lot

[@bishlap]

12:55 was my favorite piece. I think I saw the Hermit of the Tarot figure.

[@starkenterprises2371]

11:35 good too.

[@frankbyrd9345]

Absolutely incredible wood

[@202One]

Cuts like Butter!! 👍

[@edejamircosta]

Que madeira maravilhosa, só mesmo a Natureza para criar essas obras de arte.

[@pamelajeruzal283]

You May think I am odd, but saw all kinds on animals in the grain of this wood! Bear, crocodiles, penguin, and even a hummingbird!

[@bishlap]

not at all, that's the magic of this wood.

[@starkenterprises2371]

Me too.

[@Class1973]

Beautiful, I wish I could make a epoxy based table of it

[@SuperHyee]

Thanks !

[@ysasada18]

Arigato

[@maxpuppy96]

We have much of it were I live, it use to bring more money than it does now, it has a unique smell when sawing it.

[@JEANSDEMARCO]

When burning in a woodstove, it smells like you're baking a cake!! .

[@zenonherrera4366]

Yoshihiro, what does your company do with the sawdust? Have you looked at wood pellet production at all? Just an idea for all of the sawdust left over.

[@1vertical11]

Grow mushrooms would be my choice.

[@joshcoates2339]

That would make a awesome coffee table

[@peterfrazer1943]

Beautiful wood, skilfully cut. Well done, I hope it made marvellous furniture.!!

[@robertpearson8546]

I wondered how they were going to handle the torque caused by the almost complete cut. How to work around the inherently bad decision to use a verticle bandsaw. I assume the vertical blade is traditional. How many workers have tripped and fallen into the running blade?

[@RobertHorton1975]

I could watch this all day.

[@aseriacob8749]

Beautiful tree, and the cutting is great

[@haroldconover5221]

Beautiful woods and grains

[@iwishiknew10]

Number 3 looked like a piece of art

[@ysasada18]

Arigato

[@jenXMAGA]

I have an entire woods full of old growth walnut. It's beautiful and it's ALL MINE 😍😘🥰❤️♥️

[@ysasada18]

arigato

[@carlkrebs1]

Fantastic gunstock , luthier , and furniture lumber !

[@refiii9499]

I cut down 40 black walnut trees off my property 15 years back and sold 90% to gunmakers for stocks I assume. They were the ones paying the best at the time for all the black walnut. I had a 12-15 like this here and the rest slightly smaller. They were very picky I remember on where to cut they wanted certain lengths at crotches etc.

[@danmaddox8211]

Amazing! No annoying music

[@ysasada18]

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[@tomthomas4444]

Black walnut is a very slow growing tree. This log is probably several hundred years old. I don't know just guessing what do ya'll THINK?

[@dennybranham3242]

Nice saw.. Pretty wood..

[@ysasada18]

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[@GRIZZ357]

The wood is so beautiful

[@kenrussell1093]

That is one bad ass saw! What are its specifications?

[@michatroschka]

its big

[@sethlewis6084]

That is so beautiful

[@harrietcarpenter2387]

Beautiful pattern inside this walnut tree

[@ysasada18]

Arigato

[@thanos9846]

Simply beautiful!

[@ysasada18]

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[@johnludwick8927]

@@ysasada18 can u explain how to tell the value on these? I have 4 of these cut down ditting around 25 to 30 feet and 24 inch diameter to say the least. I havent chopped them up yet.

[@mgpunya1]

Whats the measuring & marking all about? Anyone? Txs..