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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 34796, member: 37&quot;]Agree, not fumed. In correctly done fumed quartersawn oak, the medullary rays are darker than the background. It is just the opposite of stained. In straight sawn oak, the difference between the two is not quite as clear.&nbsp;&nbsp; Most people who identify oak as fumed have no idea about what they are talking about. A lot of dark oak gets incorrectly identified as fumed. Very few companies actually fumed oak and the practice was discontinued fairly quickly. There are some people that have revived the practice, or at least a facsimile of the practice.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some samples. The first is quartersawn. The second is straight sawn.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://talaricohardwoods.com/images/quality/SSpessartOak_s.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/15/Fuming_chart.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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