Description
Our white oak is an FAS grade out of the Appalachian mountains. White oak is a hard and heavy wood typically used for furniture, cabinet making, interior trim work, panelling, flooring, cooperage for wine and whiskey, shingles. White oak heartwood is a light to medium brown, commonly with an olive cast. Paler sapwood is not always sharply demarcated from the heartwood.
White oak is rated as very durable and is frequently used in boatbuilding and tight cooperage applications and produces good results with hand and machine tools.