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This superior Silver Plated Bog Oak Rollerball Pen has a classic screw top lid which conveniently screws onto the bottom of the pen when in use giving the writer the feeling of a firm balance as well as it looking good. The Bog Land of Ireland and Fermanagh (where this Bog Oak originates) are a vast treasure trove for a unique ancient material which only enhances the precious metals it is combined it with. What a perfect gift to give to others or even to yourself.
- Code: 28
- Manufacturer: Bannon Wood Turning
- Weight: 0.245 Kgs
Bog Oak is a rare timber, which is excavated from
deep underground, usually as a by-product of turf
cutting, or land drainage. The wood varies in age,
usually between 2,000 and 6,000 years old, (the
Queens University in Belfast have recorded 4000-bog
oak and other ancient oak timbers that spans 7000 yrs).
The wood has been preserved due to the unique
conditions of the turf bogs, which waterlog the wood
and keep it free from sunlight and oxygen, which
would cause it to decay. The chemistry of the bog
also reacts with the wood and transforms its colour.
When the wood is brought to the surface it petrifies
becoming a deep black and almost steel hard.
The Bog lands of Ireland and County Fermanagh,
(where this Bog Oak originates) are a vast treasure
trove for a unique material more ancient than the
Pyramids of Egypt that has been naturally
preserved for thousands of years.
One of the most valuable and scarce commodities
that exist in the workshop is Bog oak. This timber
is inextricably linked with Irish history and is one
of the more majestic woods used in turning
