Chatoyancy
Chatoyancy can also be used to refer to a similar effect in woodworking, where certain finishes will cause the wood grain to achieve a striking three-dimensional appearance; this can also be called pop-the-grain, wood iridescence, moire, vibrancy, shimmer or glow.
This effect is often highly sought after, and is sometimes referred to as “wet look”, since wetting wood with water often displays the chatoyancy, albeit only until the wood dries. Oil finishes, epoxy, and shellac can strongly bring out the “wet look” effect.*
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Anigre
$27.00 – $103.00
Anigre
$27.00 – $103.00Anigre is a golden white colored exotic hardwood from West Africa. While Anigre has been used around the world for quite some time, it has only recently been regularly imported to the United States. It’s long been a favorite of cabinet shops outside of the United States and is also sought after for high-end jewelry boxes, musical instruments, tables and other fine furniture. Anigre is a cousin to the True Mahoganies and shares many of their characteristics, including the typical Mahogany shimmering figure thanks to its high silica content.
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Texas Ebony
$42.00 – $167.00
Texas Ebony
$42.00 – $167.00This native scrub tree grows in the southern tip of Texas and produces one of my favorite woods in the world. Texas Ebony takes on a wonderful polish and has a chatoyancy that rivals and surpasses many of the exotic woods. It is extremely dense and very hard with a twisted gnarly grain that ranges in color from steel blue, to grey, to deep golden brown. Its sap wood is a pale contrast that, when present adds to the character of the dice.
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Honey Mesquite
$27.00 – $103.00
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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Desert Ironwood
$63.00 – $273.00
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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Bois d’Arc
$27.00 – $103.00
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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African Mahogany
$42.00 – $167.00
African Mahogany
$42.00 – $167.00African Mahogany comes from the Khaya, a tree native to tropical Africa and Madagascar. They average from 100 to 115 feet tall, with some trees as tall as 150 feet. Its bark is used to treat disease and it even feeds some livestock in West Africa. Its oily seeds has some similar uses as well. African Mahogany is prized for its beauty all over and has been used for everything imaginable; this made African Mahogany an easy choice when it came to dice. The wood ranges from ranges from pale pink to deep reddish brown and tends to get darker with age.
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Bloodwood
$42.00 – $167.00
Bloodwood
$42.00 – $167.00Native to Central and South America, Bloodwood can range from a burnt orange to a deep red color. It has a pleasant smell and is quite dense. The chatoyance, or shimmer, is quite frankly amazing. It’s also one of the heaviest woods we use, making for an excellent set of dice. So much so it’s one of our top 3 recommendations for first time customers.
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