Woodworkers find that Black Walnut is (usually) the easiest walnut species to bend.
That has not been my experience, I find English or thin shell bends easier.
Not at all surprising that Princess SKB Stevie would contradict me. But he/she is actually contradicting woodworkers with lots of actual experience, as well as lumber experts and botanists who understand that Black Walnut is typically easier to bend because the wood has longer fibers than other walnut species.
However, Princess Stevie has also shown us that he/she was totally unable to tell the difference between a blank of feather crotch black walnut, and a finished stock of thin shell walnut. Even when I specifically pointed out the glaring differences, Princess Stevie insisted they were both from the same piece of wood. So who really knows what species of walnut Princess Stevie has bent, or whether it was actually bent by an employee or sub-contractor???
Here's an old Thread that shows Princess Stevie has a lot to learn about walnut:
Total Stock Blank Transformation: How is it Done???And another old Thread with Princess Stevie actually admitting being wrong about two distinctly different species of walnut that a blind man could tell apart:
https://doublegunshop.com/forums/ub...;Main=44830&Number=562916#Post562916
