I saw that one on ebay also. I was so amused I couldn't resist the opportunity to have a little fun at the guy's expense. I IM'd him asking a few dumb questions which drew even dumber responses. It seems the guy had done a lot of "research" online and had seen sites selling walnut for as much as $60/bdft and provided a link to a site selling monster claro slabs for tables and such. When I wrote back that the pieces he'd seen in the site were claro walnut and quite a bit larger than what he had, and for that matter were already cut and dried, the guy assured me that his was a claro walnut, and that a woodworker friend of his guaranteed him that his log would have some of the best looking walnut around, and that 10 grand for his log would be a bargain. I laughed so hard I almost choked
