About Us
ABOUT GOBY: THE COMPANYHeadquartered in Aurora, Oregon, where the trees grow big and tall. We’re old school, with a touch of innovation – harvesting old, oversized, mostly dead and dying trees. We don’t skimp on the thickness of our lumber, and we believe that a wider board is a better board. Renowned for our Walnut slabs, oversized lumber, and highly figured material – we work hard to build a better board for our customers. We're a family business, co-owned and operated by father and son team Art and Aaron Blumenkron. Our flagship retail, distribution, and processing warehouses are located a few miles from downtown Portland. We also have a milling and drying facility in Aurora, just outside of Portland.
ABOUT GOBY: HISTORY & MISSIONArmed with a strong work ethic and a maker's spirit, Gary Goby began harvesting dying Walnut trees from the Willamette Valley as a means of making his own muzzle-loading gunstocks in the early 1970’s. A doctor by day and a lumberman by night, Gary’s passion for controlling the process from tree to board was apparent in the stocks that he produced. Gary wanted to share his success with other passionate builders, so he launched Goby Walnut in 1976. We’ve grown since then, but our philosophy remains the same. Our mission is to empower makers to create their best work by providing unique and inspiring material. We're also on a mission to close the sustainability loop. Salvaging dead and dying material is nothing new, but growing seedlings and replanting 5 trees for every tree that we mill, is! If interested, please ask us how to get involved.    
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