Plain sawn vs. Rift and quartered. This is an example of plain sawn red oak and R&Q red oak. The grain on the plain sawn is the commodity. Cathedral grain. Rift and quarter sawn is straight grain and some fleck. This example is heavier towards the rift with not a lot of fleck figure. White oak definitely has more fleck than red oak. #flooring #hardwoodfloors #quartersawn #madeintheusa #hickmanwoods #themoreyouknow #plainsawn #quartersawn #riftandquartered #redoak #knowledgeispower