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[D. Taylor Sapergia]

Is that not called Bastone Walnut Ron?  Bastone is very fine pored and extremely dense walnut...takes chequering like crazy.

[Ron Scott]

I believe that Bastone is the most commonly used term for the hybrid. I have also seen the term Paradox used as well.

[Bill Raby]

I have always heard that Claro was the same species as the European walnut. I have never worked with it. Bastone is a hybrid of European walnut and Black walnut.

[Daryl]

I believe this is Claro. Yes or no?
I originally thought it was English due to the black stripes.

[Ron Scott]

I would suspect that is Claro, due to the color and size of pores. I would not expect Claro to be as dense as European Walnut.

[Mike Brooks]

That is Claro pictured above. I used a lot of Claro back when Goby walnut was selling it cheap. Stunning visually but not all that hard. Wouldn't hold carving well. I wouldn't make hard recoiling rifles out of it. English is far superior in every aspect.
 I have used local cut black walnut that was far harder than  Claro.

[Daryl]

If I had a hard recoiling rifle, I would use English or Bastone. That little .69 is a pussy cat.