This is a very special type of wood that we feel privileged to be able to use. Ancient kauri are prehistoric kauri (Agathis australis) trees that were buried and preserved in peat bogs between 30,000 and 50,000 years ago on the Northern Island of New Zealand. Some of these trees were nearly 2000 years old at the time of their burial, and had trunks that were 40 feet in diameter and 200 feet tall. The trees were buried as forests, and there is much speculation as to what event lead to their burial; theories range from tsunamis and hurricanes, to volcanic shock waves and meteor impacts. The type of microbes that cause decomposition have a very hard time living in a peat bog’s highly acidic and low oxygen environment. The kauri that come from this environment are wonderfully preserved, and are essentially normal wood. The ancient kauri logs from the Northern Island are the oldest workable wood on the planet.
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This is a very special type of wood that we feel privileged to be able to use. Ancient kauri are prehistoric kauri (Agathis australis) trees that were buried and preserved in peat bogs between 30,000 and 50,000 years ago on the Northern Island of New Zealand. Some of these trees were nearly 2000 years old at the time of their burial, and had trunks that were 40 feet in diameter and 200 feet tall. The trees were buried as forests, and there is much speculation as to what event lead to their burial; theories range from tsunamis and hurricanes, to volcanic shock waves and meteor impacts. The type of microbes that cause decomposition have a very hard time living in a peat bog’s highly acidic and low oxygen environment. The kauri that come from this environment are wonderfully preserved, and are essentially normal wood. The ancient kauri logs from the Northern Island are the oldest workable wood on the planet.
