Olive wood source in Athens Greece???

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I am being sent to Athens for a business trip and I expect to have a bit of time to wander and look for deals. Anyone know of a source within say an hours drive of Athens for good quality olivewood? I'm thinking I should be able to fit a few in my suitcase coming back.

Are there any issues with bringing it back to the US I should be aware of? I can't find anything in my quick search online.
 
I hear Customs can be picky about "agricultural" imports, so I wonder if olive wood might fall into that category.
 
I know that for some countries we (my employer) have to fumigate packing and dunnage (crate and pallet wood) but others don't care. It is all about preventing the spread of wood eating insects.

I dunno if hardwoods are the same and it seems to vary by country...both country of origin and destination.

I know, I could buy it here in teh US, but then is wouldn't be wood from my trip...

The things we do for the sake of nostalgia and uniqueness.
 
CDH, that's one reason hardwood pallets are being phased out and replaced by plastic ones !
 
get an olive wood statue. and then when you get home, moohaha(rubbing hands togather) bandsaw time :D.
 
Sadly, I like the way JT thinks.


Heck, grab whatever pieces you'd like, take a sharpie and doodle for awhile.

They're no longer agricultural imports, they're art....
 
I spend my holiday in Italy last year.
I kept my eyes open for olive wood all the time. Then towards the end of the holiday I found a souvenirshop that sold olive wood cuttingboards and solid olive wood Rolling pins.
The roling pins were 8 euro's each and should at least give me 3 large handles, a few spacers and perhaps some small scales as well. Now that's value for money!
My girlfriend wouldn't let me buy more the two...
Italy isn't Greece, but I think it is likely you'll run into something simular.
Any laws against taking home a souvenir Rolling pin? ;)
 
Score your wood then mail it back home to you , or your folks or something.

Nobody will ever know.
 
Are olive tree's in Greece different than the olive tree's growing around here in California?
 
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