{"id":85,"date":"2009-10-06T23:48:21","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T03:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/?p=85"},"modified":"2009-10-06T23:48:21","modified_gmt":"2009-10-07T03:48:21","slug":"holy-land-olive-wood-a-material-imbued-with-significance-for-christian-believers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/holy-land-olive-wood-a-material-imbued-with-significance-for-christian-believers\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Land Olive Wood: A Material Imbued With Significance for Christian Believers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The olive tree is native to the Holy Land where it has been cultivated since ancient times. According to historians, the first olive groves took root in the Holy Land and along the coast of the eastern Mediterranean around 4,000 B.C. The olive tree is a slow growing tree and can live for many hundreds of years. Once the tree reaches the approximate age of 200 years or so, the trunk disappears and new shoots develop at the base of the trunk. Eventually, these shoots will grow into a new tree. This ability of the olive tree to be regenerative has led some to refer to it as the “immortal tree.” The people of the Holy Land protect olive trees and rarely ever cut them down. The wood from which your pen is made comes from the trimming of branches, a yearly activity designed to improve the overall health and productivity of living trees. No trees were killed or harmed to gather the wood used to make your pen.<\/p>\n