• Oak logs from French mostly PEFC certified forests
• Boules debarked and cleanly trimmed 
• Logs sawn into boards then reassembled into boules or bundled
• Fresh timber, air dried in a warehouse to prevent checks or kiln dried
• Stored on dry profiled wooden sticks to control stains
• Boules and boards strapped and identified with barcode label

• The accuracy of the sawing is checked on a daily basis with an overmeasure

• Grade combining a selection of boards with bunches of small sound knots that look just like cat's paws.

Grade where an esthetic effect is desired, for furniture, kitchen cabinets, decoration, fittings.


Measurement and grading carried out on green tally. Minimum volume: 5 m3 per thickness