5600 Riftsawn White Oak Handrail

The handrail is the most-touched element of any staircase — and the 5600 Riftsawn White Oak Handrail treats it accordingly. Riftsawn White Oak brings a surface of near-perfect grain consistency to the handrail — the most refined and dimensionally stable cut in the hardwood spectrum. Milled in the 5600 profile and finished in genuine Riftsawn 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 Riftsawn White Oak?

Riftsawn White Oak is the most refined and architecturally disciplined cut in the hardwood spectrum. Its exceptionally linear, parallel grain lines — produced by milling at a precise angle to the growth rings — create a handrail surface of clean, consistent visual uniformity, free from the figure variation of flatsawn and the ray fleck of quartersawn. The result aligns naturally with minimalist, modernist, and Scandinavian-influenced interiors. With the riftsawn milling process, this White Oak handrail achieves the highest degree of dimensional stability available — minimizing seasonal movement and surface irregularity for a rail that holds its profile and finish with lasting precision. White Oak's inherent hardness of 1,360 and natural moisture resistance further support long-term performance in a daily-contact application. Riftsawn White Oak is the choice of designers who want a handrail that disappears into the architecture — precise, intentional, and impeccably resolved.