Black Walnut Hall Table

[Knottscott]

Here's a black walnut hall table I just completed for a wedding gift for the son of a good friend. Simple Shaker style table with cherry butterfly inlays. The pics aren't very good but they'll have to do until I can update them.

[cwithboat]

That is so elegant.

[jziegler]

Very nice.

Can't show that to LOML, or she'll have me building one. Not that it would be a bad thing, but I have too many projects already.

Jim

[jhart]

Sure would have liked to have gotten that for a wedding present. Nice job. Looks great.

[jackellis]

I like it! Natural finish or stained?

I have a bunch of walnut that I'd like to do something interesting with.

[Knottscott]

Thanks gang. Jack - I hit it with a couple of coats of Watco walnut Danish oil to help darken the inlays and to even out the color of the BW. Jim - This was a fairly simple project that you can pound out fairly quickly. (unlike the hall bench I did last month that had 36 M&T joints! )

[cgallery]

This was a fairly simple project that you can pound out fairly quickly. )

That is a beautiful table.

This is one of those projects where I would like to see it in another fifty years. You know, when the wood ages, and the piece takes a few hits here and there? I know it is beautiful now, but can you imagine how stunning it is going to be when it has the character of a fifty year old piece?

BTW, that is a pretty nice gift for the kid of a friend. You're kinda setting the bar pretty high.

[Knottscott]

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BTW, that is a pretty nice gift for the kid of a friend. You're kinda setting the bar pretty high.

He's a really good friend, and is also my youngest daughter's Godfather. He's also a woodworker who has given me all kinds of great wwing goodies over the years! (otherwise, yeah...that bar would normally be way high for me too! )

Thanks for the comments...with any luck, I'll be around to see it in 50 years!

[JR]

Nice! The butterflies are really nice looking - contrast without hitting you over the head.

Beautiful.

JR

[jziegler]

Jim - This was a fairly simple project that you can pound out fairly quickly. (unlike the hall bench I did last month that had 36 M&T joints! )

It might be simple and relatively quick, but you haven't seem my project list. And for every project that I finish, 3 or 4 take it's place. But really, I love the clean, simple lines.

Jim

[dlminehart]

Love it! The butterflies really make it soar. Understated elegance all around.

[SARGE..g-47]

Beautiful... love the walnut... love the inlay.. love the delicate taper of the legs and especially love the way you broke the arc in the apron with a recess. I love that hard-wood floor also but that's beside the point.

And agree that as beautiful as it is now... it will develope into a piece with even more glow as the walnut matures with age.

Extremely well done...

[JeffW]

That is outstanding.

[footprintsinconc]

looks nice. i didnt see the inlays at first, until i read the post. looks sweet.

[Black wallnut]

Nice job! Exactly as all others have already said. The apron just looks "right"!