Olive wood comes from trees past their best years
Olive trees are among the longest-lived fruit trees on earth, and some Mediterranean specimens are believed to be well over a thousand years old. The wood used for knife handles rarely costs a living tree, though: most of it comes from pruned branches and old trees that no longer bear fruit. That dense, oily timber, streaked with dark swirls, is what forms the handle of this 21 cm knife.
