Oak shelving.

Asked to make these from a picture they found. I took a chance and bought some oak and used a blow torch to the wood.  Came out surprisingly cool.  By request. Need to add more info. ;). Bought 6 red oak boards about 8ft long 6 to 8 inches wide. Cut them down to 3ft and glued using pegs. Sanded down using 60 grit to 120 grit. Took the small benzmatic torch. And slowly torched the wood. (I didn’t have the larger torches)  I didn’t completely burn it black, just enough to darken the grain. Next sanded some more, 80 grit to 320grit. Used gunstock color stain then used a satin lacquer.  Once put together I polished it up with some Howard polish feed-n-wax.