5600 Quartersawn White Oak Handrail

The handrail is the most-touched element of any staircase — and the 5600 Quartersawn White Oak Handrail treats it accordingly. Quartersawn White Oak brings an artisanal depth to the handrail — a surface defined by medullary ray fleck that no other cut or species can replicate. Milled in the 5600 profile and finished in genuine Quartersawn White Oak, 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 Quartersawn White Oak?

Quartersawn White Oak is the most visually distinctive cut in fine hardwood production. Its distinctive medullary ray fleck — the silver-streaked figure that emerges only from quartersawn milling — set against a neutral gray-tan ground gives the handrail a depth and handcrafted quality that becomes more apparent the closer you look, and more appreciated the longer you live with it. With the quartersawn milling process, this White Oak handrail is significantly more dimensionally stable than its flatsawn counterpart — resisting the seasonal movement that can stress finishes and fittings over time. With a Janka hardness of 1,360 and White Oak's natural moisture resistance, it is as structurally sound as it is visually distinctive. The ray fleck pattern varies along the length of the rail, ensuring that every Quartersawn White Oak handrail is a singular, unrepeatable expression of the material.