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Red Jasper Dice with Copper
$84.00 – $428.00Red Jasper Dice with Copper
$84.00 – $428.00These dice are made from Jasper and inlaid with Copper. Jasper was first worked somewhere between 4000 – 5000 B.C. these early examples of Jasper seem to be primarily used as tips for ancient bow drills. Jasper was one of the favorite gemstones of antiquity. It was used to make signet rings for producing seals as early as 1800 BC in Crete and Figurines such as the hippo you see photographed here during Egypt’s Middle Kingdom around 2000 B.C. Jasper has been found on archaeological digs from Knossos, to Egypt, all across Europe and even the Far East.
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Purple Heart Big Ass d20s with Turquoise Inlay
$89.00Purple 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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Titanium Dragon’s Dice
$83.00 – $412.00Titanium Dragon’s Dice
$83.00 – $412.00From secret Skunkworks aircraft, to medical implants, Titanium is THE super metal. Its strength, light weight, and unrivaled beauty make titanium the perfect metal for your next set of dice.
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Scotch Rock d20s
$78.00Scotch Rock d20s
$78.00These Scotch Rock d20s are crafted from black architectural-grade soapstone. Which gives these dice a dark charcoal coloration that makes for easily read numbers thanks to high-contrast engraving. Soapstone can be worked with regular wood working tools, and when it turns to dust it magically becomes baby powder, keeping the minions’ hands soft and supple. The Architectural-grade soapstone used in this run has a much lower talc content than the artist-grade stone we used in the original Scotch Rock d20s, and thus makes for a much more durable die.
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Mpingo (African Black Wood)
$63.00 – $273.00Mpingo (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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Ancient Bog Wood
$63.00 – $273.00Ancient Bog Wood
$63.00 – $273.00Bog oak is a catchall name for partially fossilized wood. Although most of this wood, as its name implies, is from an oak trees, partially fossilized yew or pine wood is also considered bog oak. Bog oak is made possible by compounds called tannins, an acidic brownish substance; renowned for it’s preservation properties. It has even preserved humans, such as the Tollund Man, or the Elling Woman.
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Snakewood
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Ash
$27.00 – $103.00Ash
$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
$42.00 – $167.00American 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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Lignum Vitae (Argentine)
$42.00 – $167.00Lignum Vitae (Argentine)
$42.00 – $167.00Much like Osage Orange and Bois d’ Arc are virtually the same, just from different parts of the world, so too are Guaiacum and Argentine Lignum Vitae. Lignum Vitae, or the Tree of Life, is an Iron Wood, that has a myriad of uses. From being one of the best self lubricating bearings for wet environments to medicinal tea, this wood is a highly valued resource. It’s also the heaviest wood in the world. It was used as the main prop shaft bearing on the USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear powered submarine, as well as most of the Liberty Ships during WWII.
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Purple Heart
$27.00 – $103.00Purple Heart
$27.00 – $103.00On top of all that, Purple Heart has a very vibrant purple color. It is more vibrant than the dyed woods available, proving that nobody does it better than mother nature. This vibrant purple is attained through oxidation, basically it’s wood rust. When purple heart is fresh cut it is a purplish brown. After several days to a couple of weeks exposure to oxygen in the air the wood takes on its familiar purple hue. Once the oxidation is complete we then clear coat the dice.
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Kingwood (Violetwood)
$63.00 – $273.00Kingwood (Violetwood)
$63.00 – $273.00Kingwood is another typical rosewood which is very dense and has a bell-like tap tone. This stuff truly does ring in larger sizes. Kingwood got its name due to the fact that it was the favored wood of King Louie the 15th and 16th. It is said that all the furniture in their entire palace used Kingwood inlays.
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