English
Български
Türkçe
Description
This was one of the first pens I made many years ago. It is a ballpoint twist action pen finished in 10ct gold plating and is offered in Bog Oak one of the most highly valued timbers in my workshop. My design of the pen gives it a good balance and I have been told by customers that they could write for quite a while with it without getting a tired hand.
- Code: 51
- Manufacturer: Bannon Wood Turning
- Weight: 0.175 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