Knobs 259 & 260
Knobs 259 & 260 are vertical grain Red Oak from a 1.5 x ¾ inch board, with some scraps of other wood glued on. Knob 259 has a scrap of vertical grain Yellowheart glued to the top. Oak has dense hard grain layered with porous grain, which is much softer. This often causes drills to wander when drilling holes. This caused the pot hole in 260 to drill too close to two sides of the blank, so two scraps of Angelique (the darker wood) were glued on those sides. Both knobs have a SG base coat. Knob 259 has black and metallic antique copper paint rubbed into grain crevices. Both are finished with several coats of SG, then two coats of neutral shoe polish. As with all vertical grain wood knobs, iridescence can be see only from the sides. Although less dramatic than woods like Lati or Marblewood, Red Oak still has a complex and pleasing grain that might be even more visible with a stain that could penetrate deeply into the porous layers.