Bog Oak
Bog Oak, also called Black Oak or morta, is not a separate species. It is trees that lay for thousands of years in lakes, rivers or peat bogs and took on entirely new properties.
Radiocarbon datingEvery Black Oak log we use is radiocarbon dated with the LSC technique by Prof. Marek Krąpiec of the Absolute Dating Laboratory, so you know exactly how old each log is.
A natural, ancient treasure
Very low oxygen protects the wood from decay, and the peat gives an acidic environment in which iron salts and other minerals react with the tannins in the wood. Over time this turns it from dark brown to almost black. With our own drying method we are one of the few companies in the world that make all kinds of products from this material.
Rarer than diamonds
9 200 years
the oldest oak we have dried
It is estimated there is less Bog Oak in the world than diamonds. Places untouched for thousands of years are very few, and reaching them is hard or impossible. The logs that reach our workshop are thousands of years old; the oldest oak we have dried was 9,200 years old. We verify the age in a laboratory by radiocarbon dating.
Extremely demanding
The difficulty starts at extraction. A log is usable only if it stayed cut off from the air the whole time. It cracks more easily than other wood when dried, so few manage to get pieces larger than, for example, a knife handle. It is usually dried by seasoning for many years.
An innovative process
35 cm
the width of our Bog Oak floors
With a technique developed by our specialists we dry Bog Oak without years of seasoning. The result is a material for floors, furniture and decorative objects with strength and water resistance comparable to the most exclusive tropical species. To the best of our knowledge we are the only company in the world offering Bog Oak floors up to 35 cm wide.
Exclusive to the point of death
In Tsarist Russia, owning objects of Black Oak was forbidden on pain of death; only the tsar's family was allowed them. Those times are gone, and access to this material is a little easier today.
