This is as rare as it gets!
You have a wonderful piece of Kauri handled shaving brush with a silvertip badger brush, if you want a bigger knot size or Super Badger, no problem, just ask! I know what you are thinking...yeah right! 40,000 year old wood. The reality is that it truly is that old. To start I use ancient Kauri wood from New Zealand. Here is a bit about the wood's history: Ancient Kauri is derived from a number of buried prehistoric forests that grew at the dawn of time, some more than 50,000 years ago. These forests are located in the Southern Hemisphere on the Northern Island of New Zealand, north of Latitude 36 South.
Buried under peat swamps by an unexplained act of nature before the last Ice Age, the trees were left lying just beneath the surface of the ground. This underground resting place, sealed from the air, became a perfectly balanced cocoon that preserved the timber. It is known to be the oldest workable timber in the world. Let's not forget that this specie of wood is also the most expensive to work with. There is a finite supply left, once it's gone it's GONE!
Extraction of the logs is time-consuming, expensive and technically difficult, requiring skilled operators of heavy machinery. Working in wet conditions, logs must be carefully brought to the surface. Once removed from the ground, each log is assessed, then milled to yield the best grain and timber qualities. The pic does not do the shaving brush justice, the grain pattern is amazing, it's unlike anything you have ever seen, it is a shimmering gem that changes color and grain pattern in the light.
