White Oak
White Oak for carving: how hard it is, how the grain behaves under the knife and what carvers use it for.
- Janka hardness (lbf)Side hardness as published by The Wood Database
- 1,350 lbf
- Grain
- coarse, straight, prominent rays
- Used for
- architectural carving, letter carving
- Ease of carving
- hard
- In the woodworking database
- White Oak
- Notes
- Hard and coarse; carves boldly with gouges and mallet rather than fine detail with a knife.
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