Ancientwood has recently brought the largest board of ancient wood to the United States. This one slab of wood measures 40 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 4 1/2 inches thick! The Kauri tree this board came from took over 1,000 years to grow and has been buried underground for approximately 50,000 years.

Whether it becomes a table for dining or a boardroom (comfortably seating 50 people), a divider of a hotel lobby, or an installation in a Museum of Natural History, this is one fantastic piece of wood by anyone's measure.

It is very rare to find such an exotic material made available through environmentally friendly methods. Ancient Kauri is an old growth timber, and not one tree was cut down to harvest it. Thousands of years ago these Kauri trees fell by natural forces, and are now being discovered just below the surface in 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 their prehistoric setting.

Since our last shipment arrived I have been trying to figure out how to let people know how much character this load of Ancient Kauri has. He guys milling in New Zealand went out of their way to send some amazing stuff.

We took pictures of each of the dried 1” boards and put them on line a couple of weeks ago. These are really nice pieces of lumber, and I am amazed that very few people have caught on to how nice they are! If you want to try some Ancient Kauri out you can choose your own board and go right to the checkout online. http://www.ancientwood.com/catalog/boards

We have some pictures of the two-inch boards in the Photo Gallery part of the web site. We can’t get them into the regular shopping area because many of them have not been dried yet, so they have not been individually photographed. If two-inch boards interest you, check them out!
http://www.ancientwood.com/galleries/photo-gallery/boards-and-veneer-pla...

These two efforts mentioned above are kind of the same idea with the “Piece of the Week”. These are pieces that get overlooked for some reason, but are some of the best of the best.

I am asking:

Opening greetings from Bob T.
Mon, 06/08/2009 - 21:04
robertt

Robert Teisberg
President, Ancientwood, Ltd.

New to the blogging world, please bear with us as we get up to speed. We have a national press release going out today. It will be interesting to see what newspapers and magazines across the country will be interested int he Ancient Kauri story.

Other news from the front office is our project list. We have seven or eight tables due out in the next couple of weeks, and I will be talking about them in the blog over the next couple of weeks.

Our new brochure/samples are coming along and will be ready for delievery soon.

Talking about our "staff picks" of specific pieces of raw wood will be coming up, too.

Stay tuned!

Thanks-

Bob T

Hello Ancientwood patrons! This is our first of many blogs and I look forward to continually updating our bloggers with information about new pieces and exciting news from Ancientwood. Keep checking the website for beautiful pieces and updated blogs!