Any one know anything about this as a flute wood?
Anything at all? Googling doesn’t seem to help.
There’s an e bay flute made of it, maybe.
See Big Davy’s thread below: e bay flutes.
I think ya owe Doc a quarter… 
seery used to make flutes out of olivewood. sure has special looks but never have met one in person.
berti
‘Olive - another favorite of mine. When turned, it makes the entire workshop smell wonderfully! Considerably lighter than boxwood - however, if kept oiled it makes for a fine instrument with a warm reedy tone, if somewhat weak.’
Casey B
I had an olivewood flute for awhile here in the shop. I seriously considered adopting it myself but my commitment to flute monogamy and the fact that it was a Pratten kept me from doing so. It was a great flute. Nothing “weak” about its tone. And talk about gorgeous wood.
Doc
I remember that flute very well, Doc. If I had the money at the time, then I would have bought it. That was probably the most beautiful flute that I have seen.
MEGAditto!
Wese wanted its…we did! 
the precious…
be VERY wary of olivewood instruments.
Cats and dogs LOVE them and many is the story I have heard of an owner who found them chomped up.
Keep them away from anywhere the animal can get to it.
Thanks for that advice. I had no idea. I have always been weary though of my animals around my instruments.
I have said flute. It was a moment of weakness.
I am not all that familiar with the Pratten style flute, so it’s been interesting playing with it. It is not my primary flute, but I do find I enjoy getting it out fairly frequently. In addition to a good strong tone, the flute it is freaky light in weight.
None of my cats (there are 4) nor dogs (2, both older) has shown any interest. I have not offered it to my squirrel.
If you have specific questions I might answer, I sure can try.
Ah…so beautiful. 
I am glad that I got to see it again. 
amazingly beautiful 
Who made it?
if i remember right, the description on the irishflutestore said that it was a seery reworked by terry mcgee…
Yes, I think you are correct.
Yes, it is indeed as you remembered - A Seery Pratten, reworked by McGee. Another view:
Forbes Christie (Windward Flutes) makes African Olivewood flutes.
IIRC, there’s a nice reel in Rafferty 1 called “The Olive Flute.” Perhaps it’s to be played in a set with The Cocktail Reel. 
Okay, another question: does olivewood need oiling (as opposed to the already oily, resinous blackwood - with that stuff, I’m from the “don’t bother, just keep it properly humidified” camp…)? I had a dogwood flute that guzzled oil like a bad engine, and am wondering if olivewood drinks up oil, too.
I have an olive wood whistle by Bleazey and he recommended regular oiling and it certainly soaks it up, though it is fairly new.
Iain
My experience is that olivewood is somewhere between boxwood and blackwood oil-wise. I would put it toward the lower end of the rosewoods, maybe around tulipwood or Honduran rosewood. So it’s a good idea to oil it, but it doesn’t lap it up like box or especially dogwood (which is wonderful stuff to work, but it really is porous).