now we are being a little pessimistic are we? here is how it looked when I received it. it was petty dirty and one couldn't see any grain structure what so ever. did put a small piece under a microscope to actually look at it as the owner said that it was walnut burl. burl would have been a real PITA to install in there and to not much benefit. it was just plain old walnut as you can see on that one piece that I cleaned off.
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