Thanks everyone, I appreciate the nice comments.
I didn’t mention a few things that I forgot about. I fumed the white oak to darken it up and then used dark walnut Danish oil to help pop the flecks.
I also had an 8/4 piece of plain sawn white oak that I cut slices off to produce what looked like quartersawn material with all the flecks. I’ve never done that before, but I’ve never had a project where that could work out like that.
.................. John D....................