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Ancient Kauri
30,000 to over 50,000 years old.
Every tree grew for at least 1,200 years
Every tree has been preserved underground for up to 50,000 years
The wood used in each pen is certified and guaranteed
Each pen is supplied with a certificate of authenticity .
Every finished pen is a collectable investment that Take this opportunity to be one of the few who will know
will stand the test of time.
the joy of using this distinctive and extremely rare wood.
Fountain Pen also available. Just ask.
I obtain this Wood from a company that specializes in recovering this ancient wood from a location in New Zealand.
Limited availability, in stock NOW!
Wood storage box NOT included.
Ancient Kauri Wood Pens supplied with a Red/Burgundy Cabretta Case. Upgrade Maple Case with Custom Engraving available.
The Jr. Gentlemen's and Baron pens are some of the highest quality pens available today. The Baron features a six faceted lower barrel that reflects light like little mirrors (rollerball only - the fountain pens continue to have the round barrel like the Jr Gentleman). The pen cap features a unique thread design that's silky smooth needing only 1 1/2 turns to take on or off. The Rollerball pen features a ceramic tip Schmidt® or Hauser® cartridge for smooth, effortless writing. Refills readily available.
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Radio carbon dating places the age of the Ancient Kauri trees that are being excavated from the northland of New Zealand at 50,000 years old. This is the maximum limit of radio carbon dating, and it is quite possible the wood is even older then this age!
Some other ages:
-16,000 years ago the depressions that will become the Great Lakes were fully formed, and the region became ice-free approximately 5,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age.
-The oldest Homo Sapiens were on earth around 40,000 years ago.
-Wooly Mammoths and Saber Tooth Tigers became extinct about 10,000 years ago.
-The La Brea Tar Pits in California were actively gaining specimens 40,000 to 10,000 years ago.
How is Ancient Kauri harvested?
The logs are below the surface of what are usually farm fields and ranch lands. When a site is identified, permission is secured and expert operators of heavy equipment carefully expose and lift the logs out of the prehistoric bogs. They are immense, and raising the logs to the surface is just part of the job: moving them to a location to begin the milling process, and the milling itself, has necessitated some innovative equipment designs and plain old lumberman’s ingenuity.
Yes. The Kauri trees still grow in New Zealand, and other locations around the Pacific Rim, including Australia, the Fijian Islands, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia and New Caledonia.
The early settlers of New Zealand harvested incredible amounts of Kauri around the turn of the last century, using it first for ship building, and then for everything from houses and bridges to furniture and household items.
Law now protects the Kauri trees that grow in New Zealand, and there are reserves in various areas of the North Island.
Ancient Kauri trees, however, are not found any other place else on earth.
The oldest fossil of New Zealand Kauri is 175 million years old.
For the Botanist and Arborist
Every shipment from New Zealand is sampled and tested by the leading laboratory in the United States for Radio Carbon Dating, Beta Analytic of Miami, Florida.
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Ancient Kauri is the world's oldest workable timber.
The prehistoric Kauri forests that grew 50,000 years ago are preserved under the surface of the North Island of New Zealand. These incredible trees grew for nearly 2000 years before they were buried. Some have a girth of around 40 feet, and a total height of nearly 200 feet. They are among the largest trees in the world.
Buried under a peat swamp by an unexplained act of nature, the trees have survived the centuries in an underground resting place, sealed in a chemically balanced environment that has preserved the timber in perfect condition.
Today these swamplands are farms. The ancient trees slowly float to the surface where they become a serious hazard to livestock. Cattle fall into sinkholes or trip and break their legs on the logs. Over the last 25 years our partners in New Zealand have perfected the techniques of safely removing these giants of the earth. Extraction of the logs is time consuming, expensive and technically difficult requiring skilled operators of heavy machinery. Working in wet conditions each log must be carefully dug out and brought to the surface. After extraction the hole is filled and topsoil replaced. Within a year the land is lush and smooth again.
Each log is carefully assessed, then milled to yield the best grain and timber qualities. No two trees are the same and each is treated as a unique project. Drying takes two to four years.
Despite its long burial, with careful selection, cutting and drying, the wood maintains its beautiful qualities and finishes to a rich cognac shade. When polished the wood is a deep color with hues, textures and sheen's that constantly change under differing shades of light. It literally glistens as if lit from beneath the surface.
Extensive scientific Radio Carbon Dating tests done on samples of Ancient Kauri by independent organizations has proven beyond doubt that these Kauri forests grew during the period 30,000 to more then 50,000 years ago.
It takes time and attention to work Ancient Kauri, every piece has its own personality. You can bring out its inner glow through careful consideration as you shape and polish it.
You now have a unique opportunity to own and cherish a 50,000 year old product of the Earth, finding that deep connection, something that brings out the glory of life, and then being able to appreciate that beauty for years to come.
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