Thread: Ancient turned two band.

So a friend that's gone awol again, MikeT, sent me a slab of some oak exhumed from an Irish bog. Seems the peat, or tannic acids, or leprechaun magic sealed the wood and prevented it from breaking down for thousands of years in those swampy hide aways. This stuff is dated around 5000 years old and received nothing but shellawax friction paste after turning. That black shade runs all the way though it.
It's cool to think it's turned from a tree that was growing when the pyramids were still in the design stage.

Knots a 2 band silvertip, and it sits at a 26 mm size x 138 mm total height.
88 mm handle, 50 mm loft.





Seems I tend to prefer a bigger handle, makes a nicer lather I think..
Cheers, and thanks for looking.