Originally Posted by
elanjacobs
Lol yep.
IMO, backsawn oak just looks like generic open-grained wood, the real character is when it's quartersawn because it looks like nothing else.
Side note: for people who want the quartersawn look but can't find the US stuff, European Oak has the same grain patterns (just with a bit more green) and is regularly cut that way. We went through packs of that stuff too for one particular client and easily 30% of a pack would be quartersawn. Unfortunately, it's also much more expensive than US Oak.