What species are harder than oak?
Our River Recovered® heart pine is. With respect to hardness once you get to the region of oak it is usually not of too much of a concern. Other species that are harder include ash, beech, brazilian cherry, mesquite, santos mahogany (not a true mahogany, by the way… the same as angelique teak is not teak), merbau, jarrah, purpleheart, hickory/pecan (most mills mix the two since they look similar), ipe, lapacho, masanduba, padauk, wenge and hard maple. Many of the tropical woods are considerably harder than oak. In most instances you should think of actually walking on the finish because the wood supports the finish.
