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CN2609-28, 7/8x9-5/8x45, Flatsawn American Chestnut, Rare Wide Board
CN2609-28, 7/8x9-5/8x45, Flatsawn American Chestnut, Rare Wide Board

Your Price: $159.00
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Part Number: CN2609-28
CN2609-28

7/8x9-5/8x45
Flatsawn American Chestnut
Rare Wide Board
Front: Clear flatsawn. Has some scattered pin holes
Back: Similar to front.
S3S
 7 lbs


Please note all wood is flat sawn, face jointed flattened, planed and edge jointed unless otherwise noted. 
Wood has been dried in a Nyle kiln to 6% to 8% moisture content.

Note: If you are buying multiple items and the shipping calculator seems too high, please contact me prior to checking out and I can give you an accurate shipping quote.  

This is from a lone American Chestnut tree that was found growing in an isolated woodlot in Northern OH.  Chestnut trees were once numbered in the billions throughout North America until the chestnut blight that was accidentally introduced at the turn of the 20th century  wiped them out.  They still sprout from the occasional old stump, but the blight finds them and kills them before they can reach any size.  We are now experiencing the same thing with or ash trees. This chestnut tree, that this lumber was milled from, somehow/someway escaped the blight. This is not reclaimed, ratty, wormy lumber!   

I sent a piece of this chestnut lumber down to the University of Tennessee where there is an expert in identifying chestnut lumber.  He was skeptical when I told him that not only do I have wide flatsawn, clear boards, but I also have wide quartered ones as well that were cut from a live tree.  He received my sample and confirmed that this is indeed American Chestnut. He called it an extremely rare find to find a living tree that was large enough to produce lumber, and also one that bore the light blonde color that this log produced. 

Virgin American chestnut isn't just rare—it's a finite piece of American history. Its rich, golden-brown patina, lightweight strength, and complete lack of modern availability place it among the most expensive and prized timbers in existence, usually reserved strictly for high-end musical instruments, historic restorations, or luxury heirloom furniture.  

I will be offering more here-and there.  I believe that I have listed all of the quartered pieces though.  When it's gone, it's gone!   These boards are pretty much clear.  I will note if there any defects in each listing, so please read the descriptions. 

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