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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Mara
Mara
$27.00 – $103.00Mara, also known as Tornillo, is found in Central and South America. It has a warm brown to golden heart wood with dark streaks. Mara’s grain is straight to slightly interlocked.
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Louro Preto
Louro Preto
$27.00 – $103.00Louro Preto, also known as Laurel Negro, can be any of about 10 different species growing in South America. These species are a relative of Bocote and share a similar characteristics, though the colorations are quite different. Bocote is yellow/orange with dark striping, Louro Preto has a decidedly green cast with dark striping.
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Loganberry
Loganberry
$27.00 – $103.00Not to be confused with the plant, it is also called Rambutan. The Loganberry is native to Indonesia and Malaysia and grows naturally in Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, and elsewhere in Southeast Asia, The name Rambutan is derived from the Malay/Indonesian word rambutan, meaning “hairy”, a reference to the numerous hairy protuberances of the fruit.
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Koa
Koa
$63.00 – $273.00This Hawaiian wood shimmers like gold. Koa is one of my favorite woods. It’s also the material of choice for the traditional Hawaiian ocean going canoes since Koa is the largest endemic tree in Hawaii. Nowadays sizable trees demand a high price since the easily accessible Koa forests are being cleared for cattle grazing. This wood may become more scarce as time goes on, but for now there is still plenty of Koa around and it is not on the CITES list nor is it expected to be in the near future as Koa trees grow over an inch in diameter a year.
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Jicarillo
Jicarillo
$27.00 – $103.00A relative of snake wood. Jicarillo is noted for its black striping and tan coloration. Jicarillo is native to Honduras. Jicarillo is said to be a relative of snakewood, it’s is a dense and hard wood from Central America. The commonly reported scientific name by retailers, Brosimum guianensis, is completely unsubstantiated from any credible scientific sources.
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Ivorywood (Castelo Boxwood)
Ivorywood (Castelo Boxwood)
$27.00 – $103.00Often marketed as an alternative to European Boxwood, this species is native to South America and has a fine dense grain similar to that of Pink Ivory, though the two trees are unrelated. Ivorywood is so called because its off white coloration and fine grain give it the appearance of ivory. Ivorywood is also know as Palo Blanco.
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Imbuia (Brazilian Walnut)
Imbuia (Brazilian Walnut)
$27.00 – $103.00A rich mocha brown filled with crazy shimmer, Imbuia ranges in color like most walnuts, but specifically from dark rich browns to warm golden hues. Brazilian Walnut exhibits an almost burl like pattern in its grain.
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Honey Mesquite
Honey Mesquite
$27.00 – $103.00Honey Mesquite is the trade name for Texas Mesquite. In Texas, we are familiar with this wood, as we often use it to barbeque with. It produces a nice smoky flavor in the meat and there isn’t much like it. But you don’t care about that, you ain’t ordering these dice to cook with!
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Honduran Mahogany
Honduran Mahogany
$27.00 – $103.00This is genuine Mahogany. There are many Mahoganies, but Honduran Mahogany is the real McCoy. This is the Mahogany by which all other are judged. Honduran Mahogany was widely exploited for its shimmering beauty and put on the CITES list and thus limiting its international export to certified sustainable resources. As a result Honduran Mahogany is now grown on many plantations throughout Central America.
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Hickory (Swamp)
Hickory (Swamp)
$27.00 – $103.00Hickory was an indispensable wood to the settlers. Its tough hard wood was and still is used extensively for tool handles and wheel spokes. President Andrew Jackson was even called “Old Hickory” because of his tough and aggressive personality. The Hickory tree actually covers 19 species of tree. The particular Hickory we use Texas Swamp Hickory. It grows in the swampy creek bottoms of my native East Texas and is a close relative of the Pecan. It’s often used as a smoking wood since it burns long and imparts a wonderful flavor to meat. The wood is a medium tan color with insect marks interspersed throughout. These markings giving Swamp Hickory a wonderful character.
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Granadillo
Granadillo
$27.00 – $103.00Granadillo is an exotic wood full of character. Consisting mostly of red to warm brown coloring and black undertones with a shimmering tan. The sapwood is ivory in color in sharp contrast to the warm tones of the heart wood. In its native South America, Granadillo is known as “the wood that sings” due to its ringing tap tone and is often used to make percussion instruments like the marimba and the xylophone.
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Desert Ironwood
Desert Ironwood
$63.00 – $273.00Desert Ironwood grows in the washes and valleys of the Sonoran Desert below 2,500 foot elevation right along side the Saguaro Cactus. They are scrubby slow growing little trees that rarely attain a height more then 15 or 20 feet. Desert Ironwood is very dense. It’s one of the 10 heaviest woods in the world which means it does not float in water. The wood is a dark brown with even darker brown and black streaks. When polished it can attain a chatoyant luster. Desert Ironwood and Texas Ebony are the only 2 woods native to America that can be considered true exotic woods.
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