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Magnetic Bottle Opener hand made from native Rimu wood and with a with Paua shell insert. Great to put on the fridge.
Rimu is the most famous of New Zealand Native timbers. Rimu trees are also protected, and supply of the wood from both these trees is limited and precious.
Dacrydium Cupressinum, or also known as Red Pine. Usually grows to a height of between 20 and 35 metres (65 - 115 ft) but sometimes even 50 metres (164 ft). The straight trunk is up to 1.5 metres (5 ft) in diameter and the bark is dark brown with a flaking texture.
Rimu is one of the best known species in New Zealand and is an excellent timber tree. It is one of the world's most beautifully grained timbers; it has a lovely golden luster which captures the light in a unique way. It is very durable, being resistant to rot and insect attack. It is used to make Wooden Gifts such as this Magnetic Bottle Opener.
The Paua shell insert displays the beautiful Paua shell colours. There are three species of paua in New Zealand: the more abundant rainbow coloured black-footed paua (Haliotis iris), the silver coloured yellow-footed paua (Haliotis australis), and the virgin white-footed paua (Haliotis virginea). The whitefooted paua is not fished commercially and the yellowfooted paua is only fished in small quantities.
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