NoFakie 45 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Is the Japanese for both くるみ？ No, the other one is "black walnut" in katakana. Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 This is what masterwal say about it マスターウォールで扱っているウォールナットは、クルミ科９属６０種類の中でも、銘木で名高い北米産の“ブラックウォールナット”です。そのブラックウォールナットの中でも、さらにアメリカ広葉樹協定が定めた品質の最高ランク（FASランク）のものを使用しています。 Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 It's all the same as far as I know. Somebody will probably look it up and tell me I'm wrong. But, back in Canada at the lumber yard it's just walnut...some heartwood is darker than others but it's all mixed together. You're wrong. I didn't look anything up, you're just wrong. Deal with it. Troll..... Depends where you originate from I guess. We've only had and used (black) walnut because of coming from Canada. Tubby is pretty quick on the wiki draw there. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 wiki draw??!! harrumph......I just have a wide base of knowledge!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 No, you're just wrong. ('cos I like saying it) Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Regular walnut (think classic car dashboard) is more of an oak colour, so I think black walnut is a different species from North America. If anything, the luxurious grain is more visible with the regular stuff, but the black one is naturally dark without staining. fwiw walnut trees secrete some kind of nastiness from their roots that stops many plants growing near them. Car Dashboard walnut is often "burl" (or burr) walnut - the result of thin slicing a big deformity on the trunk of the tree. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 wiki draw??!! harrumph......I just have a wide base . Fixt for ya - Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Regular walnut (think classic car dashboard) is more of an oak colour, so I think black walnut is a different species from North America. If anything, the luxurious grain is more visible with the regular stuff, but the black one is naturally dark without staining. fwiw walnut trees secrete some kind of nastiness from their roots that stops many plants growing near them. Car Dashboard walnut is often "burl" (or burr) walnut - the result of thin slicing a big deformity on the trunk of the tree. My car dash walnut is plastic. And it's a Lexus. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 and is an image of the burl of walnut. Devilish clever these car makers - olden times car-makers used to use real wood! Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 I prefer carbon fibre to all this plastic wood shit. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 so ... is the dash carbon fibre or plastic "walnut"? Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Something like this Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 No "walnut" - real OR fake - to be seen. Unless you count that shit coloured stuff near the gear-change. No walnut in the dash, anyways! Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Steering wheel, centre console, gear knob, door armrest. Are you blind as well as geriatric? Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 All just shiny brown "shit colour" plastic, not even a good imitation of walnut, really! OR the image is crap, OR both? Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 I think both. I think I'll change it for a man who feels like he needs to convince the world he's a man car. Something like an old battered landcruiser with big wheels. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Nah, if you're happy with your lecksass hang onto it! Plastic walnut is overrated anyways! Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 phew...... I thought it was just my mid life crisis. Thanks for that. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 midwife crisis? Is there something you're not telling us? Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 I think both. I think I'll change it for a man who feels like he needs to convince the world he's a man car. Something like an old battered landcruiser with big wheels. If I'm reading this right Thursday....you want to exchange your Lexus for me. I'm flattered...really!..... Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 wiki draw??!! harrumph......I just have a wide base . Fixt for ya - Link to post Share on other sites
snowbender 3 Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I really like teak myself. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Mahogany, Rose wood, teak, all lovely. I have a chest of drawers made from camphor. Lovely piece. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Real wood is ALWAYS lovely when treated properly. It is only when people coat it in a 3mm thick layer of plastic (aka polyurethane) that I see "bleeerk" and walk away. I am very, VERY, partial to a real wood article finished sensitively, and with the grain enhanced by the finish. NOT at all interested by a plastic imitation of wood (whether real or otherwise). Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Yep, wax or oil is best, esp. on flooring if you like to be barefoot. Link to post Share on other sites
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