Persimmon

[Mhaaland]

I have an opportunity to get some persimmon logs to mill up.  I've never heard of this species before.  I'm curious on how much this wood sells for per board foot.

[doc henderson]

some call it white walnut.  a good hardwood.  may need sterilized.  the stuff i cut for a guy was full of bugs, and after he air dried it, I sterilized it for him.

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[WDH]

Very difficult to find persimmon lumber.  It is valuable.  I sell it for the same price as walnut.  I sell some that is quartersawn, clear, and kiln dried, planed for $20 to $25 per bf for guitar fingerboards.  Not a lot of volume but a lot of value.  The turkey call makers really like it too.  

[Don P]

Butternut is known as white walnut, persimmon is the American ebony. To me it seems closer kin to 

[WDH]

It is very difficult to dry flat, for sure. 

[metalspinner]

I picked up a persimmon log once and vowed not to do it again. It warped and twisted really bad and stunk! Maybe a bacterial infection?? I think this particular log was just a dog.