Hair Forks
This small handcrafted hair fork is made from a stunning piece of Yew with contrasting deep grain patterns running down the pins and a clear knot featuring at the top. Yew is very strong making this a very sturdy and eye catching little fork.
Yew has been used for many centuries. Longbows were made from Yew in the middle ages. Pegs or 'treenails' were cut for Viking ships. Furniture makers use Yew to form the bent parts of Windsor chairs. Pre-Christian cultures regarded the Yew tree as sacred. Possibly because of their longevity they became symbols of immortality. Drooping branches of a Yew can root and form a circle of new trunks around the original tree. Later the Yew came to symbolise death and resurrection in Celtic culture. Thanks to research into the properties of the Pacific Yew bark, and a subsequent discovery that the European Yew holds similar properties called alkaloids in its leaves, we now harness these alkaloids for treating ovarian and breast cancer. It remains one of the longest-lived trees on earth. One of the world's oldest surviving wooden artefacts is a yew spear head, found in 1911 in Essex, UK. It is estimated to be about 450,000 years old.
The Yew in this piece has been gathered from pruning work I have carried out on several ancient Yew trees in the surrounding villages and whilst gathering wood to make Ogham sticks.
Measurements:
13.5cm Long
4.8cm Wide
This large, wide handcrafted hair fork is made from Ash wood with contrasting coloured grain patterns at the top and live edge bark at the sides. It makes for a really eye catching piece. Perfect for big, volumous hair.
Ash is an amazing tree. It's part of the ‘Sacred Triad’ of Oak, Ash and Thorn, and the Irish ‘Seven Noble Trees’. European Ash is a prolific species forming a very important role in the ecosystem of woodlands across Europe. We are loosing many Ash trees due to Ash die back and so it is an abundant timber at the moment. This Ash was gathered from tree work and pruning jobs I carried out in a woodland in a valley near Bath.
Measurements:
17.2cm Long
8.7cm Wide
This extra long handcrafted hair fork is made from a lustrous deep reddish Greengage wood with stunning grain patterns running down the piece. The top features a perfect circle through the head making for a particularly eye catching piece. Perfect for big, volumous hair.
Greengage trees have beautiful flowers in the spring that are popular with moths, butterflies and other pollinators and delicious fruit later in the year that provide food for many animals.
Greengage wood has amazing reddish purple colours throughout it’s often gnarly grain.
The Greengage I have in stock has been gathered from pruning work we have carried out in our own garden.
Measurements:
18.8cm Long
4.5cm Wide
This handcrafted hair fork is made from deep lustrous Laburnum wood. It features contrasting colour and grain with a clear knot pattern at the top and defined contrasting grain running down the pins. A stunning and sturdy fork.
Laburnum wood is a stunning wood found in southern Europe and here in the UK. Prized by furniture makers and luthiers this beautiful deep grained wood is often used for veneers. It is one of the few woods we have in the UK that feels and behaves like rosewood. Cross cut sections of this wood called 'oysters' have been used to make furniture for centuries. A stunning tree and a gorgeous wood, it never fails to impress. This piece was salvaged from a very old tree that had fallen in a storm in 2012. I've saved as much of the old dear as I could and I can't wait to see what further wonders lie beneath the bark.
Measurements:
15.7cm Long
3.3cm Wide
This handcrafted hair fork is made from a stunning piece of Elaeagnus Quicksilver wood. It features very dark bark and grain at the top with a pith mark and a curved end design. a fine contrasting coloured grain runs down the contoured pins. A strong, stunning, eye catching fork.
This handcrafted hair fork is made from Elaeagnus wood. It has an intricate rippling grain that contrasts with a light yellowish hue and a deeper brown. The top features a prominent knot and bark with segmented grading at the edges.
Elaeagnus is a commonly found shrub here in UK gardens. Quicksilver is a lesser known variety with a more slender leaf than it's more common cousin. Elaeagnus has mostly been used for knife scales, bowls and pens etc as it is often multi stemmed. This shrub hides some impressive grain. Some know the tree as Russian Olive as it can resemble Olive wood.
This piece was pruned from a well established shrub here in Wiltshire in 2020.
Measurements:
17cm Long
3.7cm Wide
This compact handcrafted hair fork is made from a lustrous deep Greengage wood with clear dark grain patterns at the top with contrasting ash pins. An interesting and eye catching fork.
Ash is an amazing tree. It's part of the ‘Sacred Triad’ of Oak, Ash and Thorn, and the Irish ‘Seven Noble Trees’. European Ash is a prolific species forming a very important role in the ecosystem of woodlands across Europe. We are loosing many Ash trees due to Ash die back and so it is an abundant timber at the moment. This Ash was gathered from tree work and pruning jobs I carried out in a woodland in a valley near Bath.
Greengage trees have beautiful flowers in the spring that are popular with moths, butterflies and other pollinators and delicious fruit later in the year that provide food for many animals.
Greengage wood has amazing reddish purple colours throughout it’s often gnarly grain.
The Greengage I have in stock has been gathered from pruning work we have carried out in our own garden.
Measurements:
13.7cm Long
4cm Wide
This wide handcrafted hair fork is made from a colourful piece of Red River Gum Eucalyptus. It features a fine grain with pink, purple and reddish orange striped hues across the whole fork making for a really lively colourful piece.
Red River Gum Eucalyptus is an iconic Australian tree. The timber has a reputation for durability, strength and its distinctive red colouring. Its wide availability has seen it used for a range of applications including heavy construction, railway sleepers, flooring, framing, fencing, plywood and veneer manufacture, wood turning, firewood and charcoal production. It was also commonly used as street paving throughout Sydney in the late 1800s. This piece was salvaged from a much loved giant that was felled in a garden in Bath in 2018.
Measurements:
15.3cm Long
6.5cm Wide
This handcrafted hair fork is made from a dark American Black Walnut with subtle grain. A classic, clean and light wieght fork.
American Black Walnut grows in Canada and Northern America. It is a prized wood for cabinetmaking and provides some pretty tasty nuts. The Black Walnut in this piece was salvaged from small bits of flooring and some off cuts from a nearby joinery workshop.
Measurements:
15.4cm Long
4.8cm Wide
This large, wide, triple pin handcrafted hair fork is made from Ash wood with fine grain patterns at the top and live edge bark at the sides. It makes for a really eye catching piece. Perfect for big, volumous hair.
Ash is an amazing tree. It's part of the ‘Sacred Triad’ of Oak, Ash and Thorn, and the Irish ‘Seven Noble Trees’. European Ash is a prolific species forming a very important role in the ecosystem of woodlands across Europe. We are loosing many Ash trees due to Ash die back and so it is an abundant timber at the moment. This Ash was gathered from tree work and pruning jobs I carried out in a woodland in a valley near Bath.
Measurements:
16.9cm Long
8.5cm Wide
This handcrafted hair fork is made from a stunning piece of Elaeagnus Quicksilver wood. It features very dark bark and grain at the top with a pith mark a fine contrasting coloured grain running down the pins. A strong and eye catching fork.
Elaeagnus is a commonly found shrub here in UK gardens. Quicksilver is a lesser known variety with a more slender leaf than it's more common cousin. Elaeagnus has mostly been used for knife scales, bowls and pens etc as it is often multi stemmed. This shrub hides some impressive grain. Some know the tree as Russian Olive as it can resemble Olive wood.
This piece was pruned from a well established shrub here in Wiltshire in 2020.
Measurements:
15.7cm Long
3.8cm Wide