I am a sucker for quarter sawn wood, and fiddleback.
The Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC has the largest collection of furniture made with quarter sawn oak I have ever seen. I would spend hours walking around looking at it all when I was there.
Not too far away in Brevard is the Cradle of Forestry in America. Both are well worth the visit. Although I was usually fly fishing down below it on the Davidson.
My 1949 16 ga. 37 is a decent example of American Black Walnut with fiddleback grain. Especially for a field grade.
