What is ANCIENT BOG OAK?
Ancient Bog Oak. Older than recorded history, older than written words.
Now you can hold a piece of that history in your hands.
First, a brief history lesson:
2001 AD: World Trade Center of New York City falls
1969 AD: Man walks on the moon
1963 AD: Martin Luther King delivers “I Have a Dream” Speech
1939 AD: World War II begins
1914 AD: World War I begins
1861 AD: Civil War of the United States
1776 AD: Declaration of Independence is signed
1492 AD: Columbus discovers America
1200 AD: Vikings begin discovering North America
1095 AD: The Crusades began
1000 AD: The End of the Dark Ages
570: The Birth of Muhammad
476 AD: The Fall of Rome
300 AD: The height of the Mayan Empire
0: The Birth of Jesus Christ
950 BC: Earliest use of iron in Greece
1332: King Tutankhamen became Pharaoh
1500 BC: Wooly Mammoths still roamed the earth
2550 BC: The Great Pyramids were built
3000 BC: Stonehenge was constructed
4000 BC: An oak tree fell into the soft peat bogs in the Fens of England
About Ancient Bog Oak
It's difficult to imagine something older than the Pyramids. Something that was still alive when Wooly Mammoths still roamed.
But the wood used for these pens is exactly that.These pens are made from Ancient Bog Oak that is between 4,000 and 6,000 years old.
Ancient Bog Oak is from England and Ireland, buried in peat bogs where the oxygen level becomes so low that decomposition
doesn't happen in a normal way. The minerals in the bog react to the wood, causing it to harden and turn a darker color,
ranging in deep chocolate brown to nearly black. The wood is actually in the earliest stages of fossilization.
Look closely and you can still see the oak's grain pattern.
Each item comes with a Certificate of Authenticity telling about the Bog Oak history. Each pen is refillable, using refills available at any
office supply store. The included ink color is black. Each pen will come with a presentation sleeve to protect and store the pen.
The finished pens are stunning. The color of the wood ranges from dark brown to nearly black.
I chose to use chrome hardware for the pens for an incredible contrast.
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