Ancient kauri
Please, tell us some more background about this Kauri wood; and do you have any close ups of the handle? You're not just gonna drop 50,000 yrs like a bomb & leave us sitting here with our jaws on the floor are you?
I do not have a close-up but here are some pics of closer shots of Kauri.
Others have posted links to Kauri websites and we thank them for that.
Basically the story goes like this: These trees are indigenous to the north
island of New Zealand and grow up in the mountains. Their size equaled the Giant Sequoia in California. According to the growth rings they were several thousands years old when some calamity knocked them all down. Some of them ended up in a valley and were buried under a peat bog for thousands of years.
Many years ago they drained the bog for farmland and ran into these huge logs some of which are 30 feet in diameter. They had no way to get heavy equipment into the bog so they sat there for about another 30 years. About 20 years ago they began to salvage the logs and found that the wood was perfectly preserved. Carbon dating showed that the logs were at least 50,000 years old.
Ancient Kauri is probably the most expensive of all the woods. When it is finished, the wood actually glows from within--irridescent-and changes colors with the light. Kauri wood has 50 to 60 growth rings per inch and virtually no grain. I provide a "carbon dating certificate" with each cue that has Kauri wood in it. "Whitebait" Kauri is the rarest of the Kauri wood and is prized for its congac color. The Maories, which are the indeginous people of
New Zealand, beleive that Kauri wood has "magical qualities". Try some in your next cue. Who knows a little "MAGIC"may be what you need.
I purchased a plank of it about 10 years ago which came from the "Smith Site" with the original intent of using it for guitar pieces. By the time it dried out, about 5 years ago, I decided to use some of it it for pool cues.
