Mammoth ivory is a unique material because of its value and properties. Tusks which have been lying for tens of thousands of years in permafrost, are extracted today in just a few regions of our planet. A very small percentage can be kept in a condition suitable for sculpture manufacturing. The Olmart House uses mammoth ivory of superior quality only.

Ebony is the black tree which grows in the humid tropical forests of Africa and Asia, and it belongs to the rarest and the most valuable wood species. Very hard and heavy, drowning in water, it requires special continuous processing, special drying conditions, before it becomes suitable for carving and making artworks.

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The wood of heather is taken from the dense just above the plant’s root. It is considered to be the best material for the manufacture of pipes, owing to its high silicon content, which makes it extremely resistant to heat, as well as durable. A heather tree must grow for thirty to forty years before its wood is ready to develop tree-like growth. While heather is found in many parts of the world, we consider only that which has been grown on the dry soils of the Mediterranean to be suitable for the production of the smoking pipes.