Quality, Loyalty & Tradition
Graf Brothers is the largest manufacturer of rift and quartered lumber in the world and specializes in wide widths and long lengths. We choose only the best timber and raw materials grown so that we can offer the beauty and longevity of solid hardwood with stability that is ideal for your residential or commercial uses. The Graf name is synonymous with the hardwood lumber industry and is proud to have three generations to help build the name and reputation.
Rift & Quartered Lumber
At Graf Brothers, we specialize in Rift and Quartered White Oak lumber and are the World’s Largest Manufacturer of rift and quarter sawn oak products. Rift & Quartered lumber results from a unique way of sawing that maximizes the yield of lumber with vertical grain. Lumber that has been sawn using this method expands evenly and vertically, which also increases the structural integrity of the wood.
Unfinished White Oak Flooring
Grades
- Select & Better
- Character
- 1 Common
- 2 Common
- Clear
Unfinished White Oak Flooring
Patterns
- Rift & Quartered
- Rift
- Quartered
- Plain Sawn
Species | White Oak 4/4, 5/4
Grades | Prime/Fas (FAS with very limited sap content) | Common & Better (sound tight knot, very limited splits) | #1 Common (Random width/Random Length) | #2 Common (Random width/Random Length)
Grain Pattern | Quartered | Rift and Quartered | Rift | Plain Sawn
Widths | 4” | 5” | 6” | 7” | 8” | 9-10” | 11-12” | 13w
Lengths | 6,7,8’ | 9-10’ | 11-12’ | 13-14’ | 15-16’
Solid Specifications
Species
White Oak
Grades
- Select & Better
- Character
Patterns
- Rift & Quartered
- Rift
- Quartered
- Plain Sawn
- French Plank – Live Sawn
Lengths
2′-8′ | 4′-10′
{Select & Better Grade}
2′-10′
{Character Grade}
Widths
4″ – 8″ RQ
6″ – 8″ PS
Thickness
3/4″
Unfinished Engineered Specifications
Species
White Oak
Grades
- Select & Better
- Character
Patterns
- Rift & Quartered
- Rift
- Quartered
- Plain Sawn
- French Plank – Live Sawn
Lengths
2′-10′ | 4′-10′
Widths
4″ up to 8″
Thickness
5/8“ {4MM WEAR LAYER | 9 PLY BALTIC BIRCH}
3⁄4” {6MM WEAR LAYER | 9 PLY BALTIC BIRCH}
Styles
Single Plank
Edge
The Graf name is synonymous with the hardwood lumber industry and is proud to have three generations to help build the name and reputation.
At Graf Brothers we specialize in the Old World Craft of Rift and Quartered lumber and we are the World’s Largest Manufacturer of these rift and quarter sawn oak products.
Rift & Quartered lumber results from a unique way of sawing that maximizes the yield of lumber with vertical grain. Lumber that has been sawn using this method expands evenly and vertically, which also increases the structural integrity of the wood.
We currently produce 125,000 board feet of lumber per shift and maintain stock at our West Coast warehouse in Long Beach, California. This allows us to service the just in time inventory level that specialty millwork houses and distribution yards demand in today’s economic climate.
Graf Brothers’ lumber headquarters and sales office is a 80-acre site in South Shore, KY. In addition to the two sawmills, Graf Brothers is also supplied by two of its other sawmills in Ohio. Our sawmills are designed to manufacture Rift and Quarter sawn products. We have regularly produced precision-cut Quarter Sawn boards up to 24″wide. These board widths are unheard of in the industry, but we pride ourselves on being at the forefront of the lumber industry.
In addition to our domestic sales offices, we have an extensive lumber export division that provides for offices in Athens, Greece; Dalian, China; Brussels, Belgium; Berlin, Germany; and London, England.
Width sorting is normal practice at Graf Brothers, allowing flooring and millwork houses to order for specific jobs. All of our lumber in is sorted in one-inch tolerances up to the 8-inch size, and two-inch tolerances in 9 through 14-inch sizes.