Dave, I'm becoming smitten with
Kevin's Curly Black Walnut. He has been trying to source more of it, but Curly Maple look on Walnut is something to see when the finish goes on. Those alternating grains just light up. Similar to how dyed Curly Maple does, striking contrast. My Wife loves Kevin, and we buy wood for bottoms for her baskets that start off a wooden base, the Curly Walnut against white/tan colored reed just jumps up.
He has a stick he wants
1500 bux for, and it is like Cocaine to a crackhead, drawing me in.... :-) I can imagine slicing that down to some thin slabs, and making something great. At 16" wide, it's probably gonna go to a guitar skin, while I try to whittle him down on price.