Tea Tray Oak 01 VH

oak wood
39.8 x 11.2 x 1.7 cm
 

Oak wood has many unique properties. It is very tough, rugged, water- and weather-proof thanks to the content of tannins. Their presence in oak wood is used by the food industry − for making barriques. Tannins are also used for the easy darkening of oak wood. Oak is quite hard to bend. Its wood is fibrous and porous. It has wide vessels – its capillaries, which supply nutrient solutions, are visible to the naked eye. Oak wood has typical medullary rays − lines or areas with very dense, hard, and lustrous wood in the cross-section. The rays can be very decorative when the wood is cut correctly. I’ve met people who considered them a “flaw” of oak wood… quite the opposite! The rays stand out in radially cut wood − the highest quality material obtained from a trunk.