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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 821570, member: 5066"]I got that board from a boutique saw mill. There are guys here in the States that travel and harvest very old trees in mostly urban locations. They must come down for 1 reason or another so when i called and asked the price, he laid it on me & it was like YIKES! why so much? Well, he explained, these are old growth trees in cities mostly and are a difficult fell, there are houses in the way, power lines, bla bla bla. Additionally, a slab of walnut of that size must "air" dry for 4 years in a shed to get it down to aprox 20-25% moisture content before they can kiln dry it down to final a 10-12% MC. Add all that up, HIDEOUSLY EXPENSIVE![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 821570, member: 5066"]I got that board from a boutique saw mill. There are guys here in the States that travel and harvest very old trees in mostly urban locations. They must come down for 1 reason or another so when i called and asked the price, he laid it on me & it was like YIKES! why so much? Well, he explained, these are old growth trees in cities mostly and are a difficult fell, there are houses in the way, power lines, bla bla bla. Additionally, a slab of walnut of that size must "air" dry for 4 years in a shed to get it down to aprox 20-25% moisture content before they can kiln dry it down to final a 10-12% MC. Add all that up, HIDEOUSLY EXPENSIVE![/QUOTE]
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