Stabilized European Bog Oak Wood

Listing price is for 1 set of scales (2 pieces).   

Color: Black

Size: .30" x 1.3" x 5.0"

• Scales
  

*Photos are of representative scales. The actual piece you receive may vary slightly from what is pictured but will be very similar.  

Bog oak is created from the trunks of trees that have lain in bogs, and bog-like conditions such as lakes, river bottoms and swamps, for centuries and even millennia. Deprived of oxygen, the wood undergoes the process of fossilization and morta formation. Currents bind the minerals and iron in the water with tannins in the wood, naturally staining the wood in the process. This centuries-long process, often termed "maturation," turns the wood from golden-brown to completely black, while increasing its hardness.