I cant Express enough ,how I love thee fact you give these majestic trees ,that were enjoyed by us ,in a yard for years and years a whole new purpose and life. Makeing it able to be enjoyed for even longer . A second life. Thank you. Awsome video.

I'm a single senior in the suburbs of Detroit. I stumbled upon you and love to watch you work. Your instructions are easy to follow and a good timber (pun intended) for listening. Your choice of background music is calming. Thanks for sharing your life.

My dad and I planted three Chinese Chestnuts in 1959. I milled one myself with a chainsaw and made a mountain dulcimer out of it. The other two I gave a local guy with a mill. I traded one log and several white oaks for one of the other logs milled. I have a bunch of lumber I don't know what I will do with, but it is precious to me.

Wow, I never knew Chinese chestnut could look that beautiful. I hope you find more and share with us. Can’t wait to see the rest of that log. I have a feeling what’s left looks even better.

That chestnut is Beautiful Nathan! My grandfather born in 1892, talked about taking pillow cases and gathering chestnuts for roasting. Here in southeast Pa. The American Chestnut made up about 60% of the forests here. I always have a few on my 8acres but they never get more than an inch or two before the blight takes them out. The American Chestnut Foundation has been working on developing a blight resistant tree for years. Chestnut was often used as a base to be covered with veneer since there was so much of it. Barns, chicken houses and houses were built from it since it was so plentiful and had to be used after the blight hit. I've work with chestnut quite a few times and it's great wood to use. It reminds me a lot of sassafras in the grain but has a unique color of it own and ages down to a lovely brown color. Thanks Kindly Nathan. Every log you saw is like opening a Christmas present. These slabs should go over really big I'd say. How many times do you run into a log and slabs like that? And music wise, check out "Red Tail Wing". They make great music. Peace and Saw dust! DaveyJO in Pa.

Wow, that Chinese Chestnut is beautiful. Thanks for sharing this with us.

Some amazing slabs of chestnut there Nathan. So good to see you saving this wonderful wood from being used as firewood. It will have a long life as a treasured object bringing joy to people as it did when a live tree!

It's awesome dry, and the beauty after you put water on it is so beautiful

That is some beautiful chestnut ,glad to be back sawing with you good stuff.

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Such a gorgeous piece of wood deserves to be placed in featured pieces such as mantles, tables of all types, desks, as well as wood veneer for dressers and highboys and so much more. LOVE THIS BEAUTIFUL FIGURED GRAIN!!!!!!!

Absolutely beautiful slabs ... so good your back with that awesome sawmill ...thank you!

My home was built back in the 19teens. All of the doors and trim are American Chestnut. I baby all of it and have fought off 20 years of my wife wanting to paint some pieces.

Oh yeah! Bring it on! Beautiful deep grain. When you poured water over it, you could look down into it. Wow. Thanks for sharing!

I could watch this all night long!! Thank you for all the fantastic videos!!

Wood is so natural and beautiful and you do a great job ,you really inspire me to look in to this feild. I can see how rewarding it is and the beauty of it. Thank You

I’ve been interested in the history of the American chestnut since I went to college at a small school in Bristol, Tennessee in the ‘70s. While day hiking on the Appalachian Trail, I saw these massive stumps, many of them 10 feet in diameter. I didn’t think much of it at the time, but later read a book on the history of the area, and learned of the chestnut blight. It actually started in the 1800s, but by the 1930s was pervasive, and eventually wiped out the chestnuts, which were the dominant species in Eastern forests.

MY MY MY WHAT BEAUTIFUL WOOD YOU HAVE!!

Beautiful slab of timber I can see tables and office desk tops in that !

Wow . Black walnut has been my favorite wood for over 50 years. But that's giving it a run for first place. Absolutely gorgeous. I bet it would finish in toung oil even better. That's my favorite finish for walnut. 😊