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John Loftis

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This is another, "One of a kind" post. I have a number of walnut furniture commissions right now, one of which is to make a walnut headboard out of a $2,000 slab of black walnut. This guy is 46" wide at the widest, 30" wide at the narrowest, and a full 3" thick. It weighed over 300 lbs. Green tape measure on the slab to give a sense of scale.
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I had an 18" offcut from the slab... so what's a butcher block maker to do???
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This butcher block measures almost 20" deep by 26.5" wide. It is comprised of only 7 strips of wood that run the entire length of the butcher block. Each strip is about 2 3/4" wide. Gorgeous unsteamed walnut. Tiny bit of cracking in the center of the board that I filled with black resin. This is not terribly unusual for a really thick slab of hardwood. I'd normally remove sections like that but in this case, when faced with a gorgeous 30" wide slab... not gonna chop that guy up. We will call it a design feature and move on. :biggrin:

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That is beautiful. The main question is it for sale :doublethumbsup:
 
Hmmm, that one may just have too many glue joints. :justkidding:
 
There's a pub in Seattle called Third Place that has old-growth fir slabs as tables and even as wall paneling. The wood is vertical grain, single slab, and nearly knot-free. All about 3-4" thick (even the floating-mount wall panels). Very striking. I have no idea what it cost and know better than to ask. Sorry for the poor quality Yelp pics.
 

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