Hand Scraped!

White Oak hardwood flooring, along with his friends Coffee Oak and Tobacco Oak, have been through a lot in their time. Their faces, once smooth and pristine, have gone through the hand scraping process. Now textured and full of character, the hand distressed white oak flooring has reached its full maturity. A young White Oak sapling walks up to the covered porch where the older Oaks sit and asks, “What will it be like when I’m hand scraped?”

“Well, Sappy,” Tobacco Oak said, “I remember when I was handscraped. It was the best moment of my life. They took a hand held metal scraper and scraped it across the surface of my face repeatedly. Fantastic! That’s why I have this distinctive, organic scraping pattern to my face.”

“Mr. Tobacco Oak, why is Mr. Coffee Oak so quiet, and why is his face so uniform compared to yours?”

“Mr. Coffee was hand scraped in a factory by machines. As a result, his scraping is more of a consistent pattern, not quite as nice looking. The reason he is so quiet is because he has been run through industrial factory machines that did the scraping on him.”

“WHY DO THE ROBOTS KEEP THROWING KNIVES AT MY FACE?!” Mr. Coffee collected himself and smiled. “Sorry about that, Sappy. Little flashback there!”

“You and those robots, Coffee,” White Oak chuckled, “Every day, ‘Robots cuttin’ my face!'”

“All right, Sappy,” Tobacco oak gave the sapling a soft punt off the porch, “Now you run along and be a little one. Someday, you’ll be hand scraped White Oak too, but try to make sure you’re hand scraped and not robot scraped.”

“ROBOTS! Hit the deck!” Coffee shouted.