Originally posted by stevebuk
beautiful pen, and what a shine on the body, please excuse my ignorance but, what is live oak[?]
I got the blank from Dario about a bazillion years ago... had a pretty good idea it would be nice underneath since I have done this wood a couple of times...
Dario had it labeled "Heritage Live Oak"
This is from an article I found...
Live oak or evergreen oak is a general term for a number of unrelated oaks in several different sections of the genus Quercus that happen to share the character of evergreen foliage.
The name live oak comes from the fact that evergreen oaks remain green and "live" throughout winter, when other oaks are dormant, leafless and "dead"-looking. The name is used mainly in North America, where evergreen oaks are widespread in warmer areas, along the Atlantic coast from Virginia to Florida, west along the Gulf Coast to Texas and across the southwest to California and southwest Oregon.
Evergreen oak species are also common in the warmer parts of Europe and Asia, and are included in this list for the sake of completeness. These species, although not having "live" in their common names in their countries of origin, are colloquially called live oaks when cultivated in North America.
When the term live oak is used in a specific rather than general sense, it most commonly refers to the Southern live oak (the first species so named), but can often refer to other species regionally.
The live oak is the official state tree of Georgia.