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Some records show that the scraping of wood in order to smooth it dates as far back as the Egyptians, using tools like an adze, stone, or even sharp edges of pottery. Even as recently as 200 years ago, the tools used were not very precise, but as generations of families lived on those floors over the years, the worn look of the original planing resulted in a very charming look in the homes that are still in existence today. In order to recreate this look that is reminiscent of historic, and even ancient times, our craftsmen still use the hand held block plane, gently scraping the face of our Old Growth Eastern White Pine planks. The texture is a little more defined than that of the Hand Scraped or Footworn floors and is unique to the softer nature of the Old Growth Eastern White Pine.