Do you know what Morta is ? It’s an oak tree from the Brière marshes. Born 5,000 years ago, the oak forest was buried in the soil by geological upheavals due to repeated tos and fros between sea and land. Protected by brown peat then black peat, the oak trees have fossilized, high in silica. It is this mineral that gives the oak a beautiful black colour, like ebony with natural copper hues. That is why it is nicknamed the “black gold of Brière”.
Extracted by hand (with a few rudimentary tools like probes, spades and cranes), Morta bears the nobility of the millennia spent waiting. A crucial element of Brière’s heritage, its name comes from the local dialect. Moreover classic literature places it at the centre of its intrigues. Tales, legends, novels (La Brière by Alphonse de Châteaubriant) and scientific works (Lionel Visset) give it a place of honour.
The Morta knife, a collector’s knife and why not ? Will you place it among regional knives, high-quality knives or original knives ?
