Druids Dice
Carved from Mother Nature’s finest woods. These dice are what we’re known for. Its what we do. Here you’ll find roughly 150 species of woods, some exotic, and some not so exotic but each is a work of Mother Nature’s art in its own right.
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Guanacaste
Guanacaste
$27.00 – $103.00Guanacaste is medium sized tree, that gets upwards of 100 feet. It has a huge, spherical crown that often seems to be as wide at the tree is tall. Guanacaste is considered to be among the most majestic and beautiful trees in its native range. It is the definition of hardy and can thrive in almost any low elevation, or tropical climates. It has nearly a 100% germination rate, so it ain’t going anywhere any time soon. The orejón tree is believed to provide medical benefits. In Mexican medicine, the sap is thought to aid in illnesses such as the flu and bronchitis, while the astringent properties of its green fruit is used for diarrhea. The fruit and bark also contain tannins, which are useful for leather curing and soap manufacturing, while the sap can be used as a natural adhesive or substitute for glue, or chewed as a type of gum.
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Gaboon Ebony
Gaboon Ebony
$63.00 – $273.00The scientific name for Gaboon Ebony is Diospyros crassiflora, and is endemic to West Africa, and is even named after the West African State of Gabon. This wood is believed to produce the blackest timber in the world. The Ancient Egyptians used this in various ways and for various means. Because of it’s blackness, it’s used in sculptures, doorknobs, and even walking sticks. Gaboon Ebony also sees use in instruments, such as guitars, violins and cellos. Our Gaboon Ebony d20 is one of the heaviest wooden dice we make, giving those of you that like rolling table busters a bit of a wooden option.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to CITES regulations, we cannot ship Gaboon Ebony outside of the United States.
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Cypress
Cypress
$27.00 – $103.00Cypress is a common name for various coniferous trees or shrubs of northern temperate regions that belong to the family Cupressaceae. Here at Artisan Dice, we use Bald Cypress(Aka Taxodium distichum) also called Swamp Cypress. This tree is native to the Southern United States which includes our great state of Texas. This monster gets up to 120 feet and has a trunk diameter up to 6 feet thick. Most people love Swamp Cypress as a decorative tree as it has foliage that is light and eye catching. Cypress’ hardy lumber also gives it value as building materials and fence posts. This tree requires hot summers to grow which is why is thrives in the Southern United states and grows slowly in a lot of regions it has been brought to.
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Black Locust
Black Locust
$27.00 – $103.00Black Locust is the toughest wood in North American and endemic to a few small regions in the United States. It was used by English colonists to build homes. Black Locust got its name because of its resemblance to Old World Locust. This tree has been planted all over the world because of its durability and the fact that it is a major honey plant. Black Locust is specifically prized for it’s Acacia Honey.
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Alder
Alder
$27.00 – $103.00Alder is found all over the Northern Hemisphere, it’s a pioneer species that because of its symbiotic relationship with a nitrogen fixing bacteria it leaves behind nitrogen in the soil for surrounding plants and improves soil productivity. It provides between 120 to 290 pounds of nitrogen per acre. The catkins of some species of alder are ostensibly edible. The bark contains anti inflammatory properties, and some Native American cultures used Red Alder bark to treat poison oak and other skin irritants. The Blackfoot have traditionally use concoctions that included Alder bark to treat lymphatic disorders and even tuberculosis, it even has the power to fight various tumors!
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Jim Beam Oak Whiskey Barrel Dice
Jim Beam Oak Whiskey Barrel Dice
$42.00 – $167.00Jim Beam has used the same ratio of corn, rye, and barley in its mash bill for over 200 years and the same yeast colony for 75 years. Their Bourbons are aged for twice the legally required minimums. Meaning that these blanks have been soaking in that liquid libation for a minimum of 4 years and some of the whiskeys aging 12 years or more. The barrels are coopered by hand, from charred white oak and metal hoops. You can see the char from the insides of these barrels preserved on the 6 side of every d6 we make from them.
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Purple Heart Big Ass d20s with Turquoise Inlay
Purple Heart Big Ass d20s with Turquoise Inlay
$89.00These particular dice have been French Polished to show case the shimmer inherent to this particular species of Purple Heart leaving the dice with a high gloss finish reminiscent of a candy coat paint job. Each of the numbers has been inlaid with crushed Turquoise and each die measures 1.5 inches face to face, make these dice truly massive at 4 times the volumetric size of our standard 3/4″ d20 shown in the photo above.
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Assorted Runic d20
Assorted Runic d20
$31.00Only 2 left in stock (can be backordered)
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Assorted Kanji d20
Assorted Kanji d20
$31.00Only 3 left in stock (can be backordered)
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Mpingo (African Black Wood)
Mpingo (African Black Wood)
$63.00 – $273.00The original Ebony is not what you might think it is. It’s not even an Ebony. Traditionally we view Gabon Ebony as THE Ebony, but that is not the case. Historically speaking Mpingo, or African Blackwood, was the dark black wood that was imported in to Egypt for thousands of years, and even mentioned in the Bible. So the original Ebony was a Rosewood. Go Figure…
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Bristlecone Pine
Bristlecone Pine
$63.00 – $273.00During our first Kickstarter one of our backers put down a challenge in the comments, to see if I could come up with wood from the Methuselah Tree, the worlds oldest living Bristlecone Pine, and the worlds oldest living organism. While there’s no way in hell I would cut down a tree that’s well over 4,000 years old. Bristle Cone Pines, while not common, do grow in isolated groves just below the tree line all over the southwest.
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Khamphi Rosewood
Khamphi Rosewood
$63.00 – $273.00Khamphi Rosewood also known as Cultrata Rosewood and Burmese Blackwood varies from a medium olive or reddish brown to a darker purplish brown that polishes to an amazing richness and luster. It also smells like heaven when it is being worked. It definitely is my favorite scent of all the Rosewoods.
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