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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Chakte Kok (Red Heart)
Chakte Kok (Red Heart)
$27.00 – $103.00Chakte Kok is a buttery smooth wood related to Chake Viga. It has a vivid red color that will fade in strong UV light to orange (keep these dice out of the sun if you want them to stay red). We coat these dice in a uv protectant to keep the fading to a minimum. It can have strongly defined stripes of red and blue/black, when it does they look amazing. Also known as Red Heart, (though they are two different species their wood is identical and often sold interchangeably) Chakte Kok is native to Southern Mexico, Brazil and Paraguay
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Chakte Viga
Chakte Viga
$27.00 – $103.00Chakte Viga is a tropical wood that is sought for the unrivaled orange color tone that the heartwood is renowned for. Ranging in shades from light yellow/orange to a deep burnt orange with hints of red, Chakte Viga’s color will deepen with age and exposure. It has a buttery smooth texture when worked and is valued by jewelers for inlays since it can be shaped to fine detail and buffed to a glass like polish. Very fine texture with a closed grain, it sometimes displays an interlocked grain that creates figuring.
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Patagonia Rosewood (Cebil)
Patagonia Rosewood (Cebil)
$27.00 – $103.00Also know as Cebil, Patagonian Rosewood is fast becoming one of my favorite Rosewoods, even though it is not a true Rosewood. Photos simply do not due this wood justice. The grain is simply outstanding. Patagonian Rosewood readily shines to a natural luster and has a metallic sheen that seems to irritate my camera. Patagonian Rosewood is light in color with vivid blue black stripes and is truly a sight to behold. Seriously considering making my gaming table from this South American wood. It’s primary use seems to be as hardwood flooring.
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Canary Wood
Canary Wood
$27.00 – $103.00Canary wood is the trade name for a number of species of tulip trees in the Liriodendron family that grow in a wide swath of South America. These trees got their name from the flowers that are superficially resemblent of tulips. The Minions love working with this wood because it is easy to work and give off a lovely scent when being machined.
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Brown Ebony
Brown Ebony
$27.00 – $103.00Brown Ebony, also known as Guayacan, is more closely related to Brazilwood. Brown Ebony is native to the drier regions of South America. Brown Ebony takes on a glass like polish when finished and has a rich brown tone with dark patterning through the grain.
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Brazilian Lacewood
Brazilian Lacewood
$42.00 – $167.00Brazilian Lacewood has a stunning pattern of medullary rays. This lace-like pattern gives the wood its namesake. The only other wood where this pattern is as prevalent is the Macadamia Nut. The species ranges in size from shrubs to trees, usually 3–26 ft tall, but sometimes ranging up to a whopping 82 ft tall.
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Bois d’Arc
Bois d’Arc
$27.00 – $103.00Bois d’Arc is a super-hard wood that is resistant to rot, which is why it’s used commonly used as a fence post. It’s also used by bowyers to make recurve and long bows due to its insane strength and resistance to warping. Bois d’Arc is famous for its seemingly magical ability to instantly dull a freshly honed edge on any tool, the reason for many of those four-letter words of my youth. This hardness comes from the high silica content in the soil where this tree grows in East Texas, which is extremely abrasive to tools. It’s also the reason behind the unique shimmer found in Bois d’Arc.
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Black Walnut
Black Walnut
$27.00 – $103.00Black Walnut is a prized species native to the United States. It is naturally found from the east coast all the way to parts of Texas and Kansas. Black Walnut gets up to 150 feet, and is an allelopathic species. Black walnuts’ scent has been described as spicy and pungent, which has led to mixed reviews when it comes to smells. This pioneer species has been planted by everyone and thing, from pioneers to squirrels ,and makes up over 10 percent of the diet of various species.
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Black Mesquite
Black Mesquite
$27.00 – $103.00Native to South America, Black Mesquite has a coarse grain pattern full of black flecks. This dark wood is often used in boat building and flooring, and has even found some use as a material used in more specialized roles aswell. This wood very durable and resists decay well naturally already. The wood has a very fine texture and polishes to a beautiful luster when worked by Artisan Dice craftsmen.
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Apple Wood
Apple Wood
$27.00 – $103.00Apple trees are hard to find in a size large enough to produce lumber, because the trees are usually pruned to keep the fruit low to the ground. When an American orchard has passed maturity, the trees are often bulldozed over and burned. American Apple trees produce some of the most fine-grained swirl patterns of any North American wood species.
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Ash
Ash
$27.00 – $103.00Every set of Artisan Dice is hand-crafted in Texas. As such, we work with the native Texas Ash, which is a drought-tolerant cousin of the more common Mountain Ash.
Texas Ash is a relative of White Ash, F. Americana. It grows on limestone bluffs, and can be found from Dallas in north central Texas to areas west and south. Its water requirements are low, although it can tolerate moderate amounts of moisture as long as the area has good drainage. Its leaves turn glowing red, gold, orange and purple colors in the fall. It is distinguished from White Ash by its leaflets, which are more rounded, and by having five to seven leaflets instead of the seven to nine-
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American Holly
American Holly
$42.00 – $167.00American Holly has the most pure white color of any wood in the world. It is very hard to dry properly without cracking and must be harvested in the dead of winter or the wood will be spalted (stained) with a blue-grey fungus. This process makes American Holly quite expensive. Add to that the fact that it is a nightmare to keep from shifting in board form, and it’s easy to see why only the most meticulate artisans work with this wood.
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