99% of all the pre-war wood was European thin shell walnut. Depending on what region of Europe the walnut came from that’s what it was called. The order of use as one became hard to acquire and they moved on to the next was Italian, Circassian and then French. I have stopped referring to one or the other and just call it all “European thin shell walnut” the word ‘English’ I never use.

MP Sadly Deceased as of 2/17/2014