Slicing techniques

Flat cutting

Here the half log's core side is fixed to the flitch cutting table. When cutting begins, the veneer sheets have a vivid grain structure with well-centered heart. Toward the middle a cathedral grain continues, whereas near the end of the flitch some straight grain quarters develop.

True quarter

The log is quartered with the knife's cut being made at right angles to the annual rings. The veneers reveal a stripy quartered grain.

Bastard quarter cut

With this cutting method veneers with a semi-flowery texture are produced from a quartered log. The annual rings are only cut on one side at a lower angle. Joining these veneers will provide for interesting textures varying from flowery to quartered stripy grain.

Flat cut quarters

Unlike quarter cutting, the quarter or third of a log is cut from the outside to the log's center so that the annual rings are cut flat. The veneers produced in this way have a flat cut, flower "cathedral" structure.