Originally Posted by
lemoyne
I have used both, it depends on what you like.
A difference is that walnut is about twice as heavy, that also depends on what you want.
A suggestion or two
If you decide on the maple get tiger stripe and use triaminic acid to stain it and tung nut oil to finish it this not only traditional but the easiest to take care of and by far the best looking. Walnut is kind of dull looking so it is good looking with a hard shiny finish. If you want some thing colorful look at Birdseye maple triaminic acid will also bring the color out in it. I used to custom build and will try to answer any questions.
Unfortunately there isn't a choice in Maples It is a factory import so whatever kind of maple they use is what you get.The photo is really nice but the actual gun that is shipped isn't available for view. Just the store stock photo. I would hope the one shipped looked like the stock photo but I doubt there is any guarantee on that. I imagine if a person wasn't happy with it when it arrived that it could be returned though. The store is in Tennessee so seeing one in person isn't going to happen either. I don't even know how to find out what type of finish it has. e-mail the manufacturer probably but a person might not get a reply right away. It's an italian import.