5600 American Cherry Handrail

The handrail is the most-touched element of any staircase — and the 5600 American Cherry Handrail treats it accordingly. American Cherry brings a quiet sophistication to the handrail — a surface that deepens in color and character with every passing year. Milled in the 5600 profile and finished in genuine American Cherry, this is a handrail built to perform and to be noticed.

The 5600 is the shaped handrail — distinguished from the rectangular profiles by its flat bottom and gently rounded top, a cross-section that settles naturally in the hand and provides an intuitive, comfortable grip on every pass. At 2-5/8" wide and 1-7/8" tall, it carries enough visual mass to feel substantial without reading as heavy. The radius top softens the profile's presence, bridging traditional craftsmanship and contemporary application — at home on baluster-based stairs, cable and rod railing systems, and wall-mounted installations alike. Where the 6000-series profiles make a precise, architectural statement, the 5600 offers warmth and approachability without sacrificing refinement. The 5600 is manufactured from two pieces of solid hardwood face-glued together — a construction method that allows the profile's distinctive radius top to be shaped with precision and consistency across the rail's full length. Designed for interior use.

Why American Cherry?

American Cherry is one of the most prized domestic hardwoods — distinguished above all others by its capacity to deepen and enrich in color as it ages. Its light pinkish-tan tones at installation evolve through natural light exposure into rich, warm reddish-brown over months and years — a fine, smooth grain that refines the finish quality of every surface it touches. With its exceptionally fine grain and natural workability, American Cherry takes finish with a smoothness that rivals custom furniture — producing a handrail surface that feels as refined as it looks. The natural patination process means the rail you install today will grow richer and more characterful over time, without any additional treatment. A Cherry handrail at five years is more beautiful than it was at installation — and still improving at ten. Few materials in residential design can make that claim.