Wood Characteristics
The Beauty of Natural Wood
The basic building blocks of MasterBrand's wood cabinets are select hardwoods and veneers. The beauty and elegance of hardwood is expressed in the character of each unique piece as it's machined, assembled and finished into fine cabinetry. Nature's fingerprint is never the same in two pieces of wood, just as it is never the same in two trees. These differences give each piece of wood its genuine beauty.
Bird Pecks
Bird pecks are small marks in the grain pattern caused by pecking birds.
Burl
A burl is a swirl or twist in the grain of the wood that does not contain a knot.
Sound Knot
A sound knot is solid across its face, which shows no indication of decay.
Unsound Knot
An unsound knot is a circular area that was the base of a branch that has a pith center.
Wormholes
Wormholes are holes in the wood ranging in size to 1/16".
Mineral Streaks
Mineral streaks are an olive to blackish-brown color, following a grain pattern.
Gum Streaks
Gum streaks are mineral-like streaks of color naturally occurring only in Cherry wood.
Heartwood
Heartwood is the mature, usually darker wood, extending from the sapwood to the pith.
Sapwood
Sapwood is lighter colored wood growing from inside the bark to the heartwood.
