RE: O/T Black Walnut????
What about a local mill, they may get inquiries from people looking to get their hands on wood like that, or custom furniture builders..
Here we have a store called Lee Valley, they sell wood like that in small pieces, try to find out who supplies them or some other store that sells high quality wood to project people and get the name of the supplier.
Sure would be a shame to see that in a fireplace..