Blue Tooth
Blue Tooth
Heirloom quality, this totally unique cane is sure to attract plenty of admiration. The handle is quite literally "blue tooth", as its made from the molar of the extinct woolly mammoth. This handle was chewing grass over 10,000 years ago in Siberia. It was excavated from the Siberian permafrost where is rested buried in ice since the ice age. It's at least 10,000 years old, potentially over 100,000 years old. A piece of natural history to hold in your hands.
The shat is made out of Ukrainian Bog Oak. This wood is approximately 5,000 years old! Wood like this is called "sinker" wood. An oak tree lives a typical life span but when it dies and falls it is covered in peat moss or falls into a bog, both of which create an oxygen deprived environment that perfectly preserves the wood. But the oak does absorb minerals from its surroundings and the result after thousands of years is a dark color. This bog oak is a dark warm grey. Silvery looking aluminum accents complete the cane.
Total length measures 38 inches and can be shortened to fit.
This piece is not recommended for daily use or weight bearing. The mammoth molar is like stone but brittle, more easily damaged than most other canes I make. It would make an enjoyable special occasion piece as a balance aid.
M A T E R I A L S
Handle: Woolly Mammoth Molar from Siberia
Divider: Aluminum
Shaft: Ukrainian Bog Oak Wood