We are bring the line in currently..It was demonstrated and shown to us and is beautiful. It is my favorite type of flooring as it eliminates the nuts that worry about scratching. Scratches on this product will add to the beauty. And the word scratch is a harsh word. Abrasion and wear from living on it is more realistic. Dont be afraid of ancestral as oiled hardwood last forever.

dawnr-

We have the Ancestral Oiled flooring, in Larch (Cinnamon is the stain, IIRC) in our LR and DR (which we use as a pool room/office). It's held up beautifully, and we live in Northern NY on a lake, have a kid, two big, stinky doofus dogs and heat with wood, so there's always some combo of sand, dog hair, kindling, ashes, snow and dirt languishing on the floor. And for the record, we detest cleaning, don't do it often and are hard on stuff. It's been installed for 4 years (new build) and while there are a few marks, it mostly looks perfect. I agree with echoflooring, the scratches in oiled floors are barely noticeable and enhance the beauty by adding patina. It's the only flooring in the house (we have a mish mosh) for which we paid full price and it's been worth it, dirt, dog hair and sand are barely noticeable and after 4 years it still has a velvety "hand" and a beautiful matte finish (we're not shiny finish people).

In our kitchen and den we have el cheapo engineered white oak (I am a wicked bargain hunter and this was cheap) that we stained and oiled ourselves (with a Sutherland Wells product), and while it still looks good, the Ancestral still looks almost new.

The pics below don't show a lot of floor, but maybe you can get a sense from them.

Good luck-

sandyponder

Is there a easily to get product to redue the floor with, other than the Ancestrial product?