Items will be shipped first business day after receiving payment. Small items will be shipped in bubble envelopes and large in packages.
Approximate delivery time will vary according to your location.
It shouldn’t take longer than 14 days if shipped to Europe; 21 days if shipped to US, CA and AU for regular mail.
If you need something more quickly you can, at your expense, upgrade to Express mail. Although I do not require insurance on orders under $100.00, I do recommend that you consider it.
You will be notified by email as soon as your order has been shipped.
Please, contact me if You have not received the package. Sometimes it can happen due to bad weather conditions or other circumstances, that aren´t in my control.
Shipping costs are specified for each item.

If I can ever be of assistance to anyone, whether you have a question about woodworking, or want me to make you something special, feel free to contact me.

Maintenance of olive wood jewelry

Jewelry from the olive is protected only by natural means - with olive oil and beeswax. It does not contain any other ingredients. It is necessary every few years, spread a drop of olive oil. Thus coated jewelry leave about 24 hours to absorb the oil. After that, wipe the excess oil with a dry cloth and that's all.
Jewelry will take a little darker color, due to oil that protect it against dryness for centuries.

Technical features

Olive tree is a special, almost magic tree. It is a long-lived, nearly immortal, lives for centuries, and after drying, of the old tree, the roots of seedlings emerge, develop sinuous gnarled tree, resistant to decay, and sometimes live thousand years and more.
In industry the most valuable is olive together with teak wood. It is of high hardness, strength and weight. Quite often it is used for making furniture in some Mediterranean countries, at a price that is very high compared to other wood species. Over 800 species of olive trees have different colors. It can be green, pink, purple, dark brown and even black.

Density: 820-930 kg/m3 at 10 - 12% moisture
Radial shrinkage: 2.7%
Tangential shrinkage: 4.7%
Hardness: High
Usefulness: Good
Stability: Moderate
Durability: Moderate
Resistance to insects: Medium
Treatment: Good, but due to the high density of wood required significant effort
Paste: Well, if the surface is previously well cleaned
Sanding: Hard, bent the fiber
Varnish: Difficult

For convenience in the sizes of the rings please, before ordering go to any of these links for assistance:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_size