Wood grading

Wood grading, the essential meaning and use of it.
Wood, as a product from nature, comes with different appearances regardingto eyes or knots. Wood around the world has different grading rules, USA, Europe or the zone of Asia has there own markers to specify how wood can be sort regarding to defects like eyes and sap wood. From a QF system or a comsel look to a quite regular A to D grading, we grade our wood by the Asian standard of an: A/B/C/D grading. The grading weight the presenceof eyes and defects. There is no grading on colour differences or sapwood.

D-grade: In basic, the grading that can be called, rustic. In this grade one will find heavy eyes, some cracks, sap wood and colour differences that will give this wood that alive look of an castle or cottage style idea.

C-Grade: Is a mild version of the D-grade. D and C grade will come most of the time together to give a mild appearance to the D-grade.

B-grade: Less eyes, a more delicate look. Maximum 4 eyes per board and with an average not over 4cm. B-grade comes many times together with the A-grading.

A-grade: The grading with a minimum of eyes and defects. Although eyes are allowed not more than 2 per board with an average size of 4 cm. In this A-grade, one will find boards with also zero eyes or knots.

Quarter sawn: This grading is more a way of how wood is produced to give you that specific look of straight or near straight grains. Since it is quite difficult to harvest quarter sawn wood in big width like 18cm and up. Arrow Wood makes artificial top layers that will give you that quarter sawn look in wide boards. Eyes will not be present as defined in A-D grade. In this type you will find eyes more like colour spots within the grains of the wood.

         D grade                C-grade              B-grade                 A-grade            Quarter sawn