Due to the extensive customization we offer, not all dice have available photos for every style. You can refer to pictures of other sets to get an idea of their appearance.

• If a set is shown inked, it has a hard finish.
• The various choices we offer are described in the FAQ Dice Ordering section with roughly how they look as well.

At this time I only make D6 Cube, D4 and D8 Barrel based dice. I'm slowly expanding to other unique designs in the future. I don't have any time frames as it takes a lot of effort to design new dice.

No, everything is engraved this creates a permanent design that will never rub off. This is not a service I provide or will ever provide.

• What your asking about is probably an exotic species of hardwood most likely purpleheart, bubinga, osange and etc. Exotic (non-native) have a high environmental impact in both the harvesting (a lot of them are endangered) and transportation. There are also problems with exploitive labor in the places they come from. They are expensive and generally that exotic wood with the color you like? ya it's a lie, it won't stay that color as most turn brown eventually.
• Some woods are suited for dice and some are not. This is due to density, consistency and/or grain structure of the wood. An example of this is Red Oak, due to it's really open pores it will get damaged over time easily and holds air/water changing the density based on the outside air quality (humidity and atmospheric pressure).
• Sometimes I come across salvaged wood in alternate species of wood, these are made and offered as Limited Edition sets.

No and I will never make them.

The Rounding in regular dice you see is to help them roll better, this is to make up for a lower quality manufacturing process. They commonly have vacuum pockets (plastic injection molded dice) or are not actually cubes at all. We do not round the edges in a traditional sense and instead break the edge, this cuts down on excessive rolling due to the generally lighter nature of wood dice.

The style of dice I make have what's known as a broken edge, this just means a slight chamfer and rounding to prevent chipping. True sharp edges would break down during use rather quickly for wood dice.

Yes, although only with a Hard Finish can this be done. Doing this on any Wood that only has an oil or is unfinished will cause it to bleed into the surrounding area and look bad (the grain/pores act like straws and suck it to the surrounding area).

• You must wait for at least 2 weeks (preferably 30 days) after arrival of the dice, you can then use acrylic ink/paint and carefully paint them in. After the paint dries for a few minutes you can use a soft cloth (i.e. old t-shirt) lightly damp with water to gently wipe off the excess. Do not use crayon or latex paint.
• Dice with more open grain is harder than closed grain woods, getting the paint out of the grain can be hard on the open grain. It is advisable to stay within the lines on these woods. Open Grain examples are White Oak, Walnut, Hickory, Purple Heart; Closed Grain examples are Maple and Cherry.

• The dice are machined from solid stock and do not suffer from the same kinds of manufacturing defects seen in common injection molded plastic dice (vacuum pockets).
• Only the most select stock is used to insure no density changes. No knots or blemishes are acceptable and only a consistent grain pattern.
• No gaming dice are manufactured to aero space levels (.0002" variance), the utmost care goes into the making of our dice and they are guaranteed to be as random as any other high quality gaming dice.
• Minor variances effect dice rolling less then 3%, how you roll them has more impact on the chances.
• Wood dice have been made since roughly 3000BC (most likely a lot earlier), after all plastic (most modern dice) was not invented until 1907. Accurate machining didn't happen until the 19th century, so you know those old dice were not perfect. They were obviously good enough for 4907+ years.
• Perception bias (ie selective perception) - Human judgment and decision making is distorted by an array of cognitive, perceptual and motivational biases, and people tend not to recognize their own bias, though they tend to easily recognize (and overestimate) the operation of bias in other things. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases

Creating a high quality wood die takes a fair amount of time with highly specialized setups and tools.

Inking wood dice is incredibly time intensive due to the preparation, actual inking time and finishing process.