Due to the extensive customization we offer, not all tokens 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 Tokens Ordering section with roughly how they look as well.

• No ugly burnt edges as we don't use lasers to cut tokens.
• We only use select Hardwoods that are face grain (not end grain)
• All tokens are engraved and not printed
• We finish all of our Tokens. Most other places apply no finish at all.
• Bevel edge designs (on most tokens)
• Thick tokens for ease to pickup.

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.

No and I will never make them.

• Tokens (which are usually not that thick) made of Face grain are roughly 10+ times stronger then cheaper end grain tokens made from dowel rods.
• If you slice a piece of wood along it's trunk and take another slice right above that that is the End Grain (the ends of the rings of the tree), this grain direction is really easy to break unless it's really thick (this is why end grain cutting boards are 1+ inches thick).
• It looks better.

• Softwood like Pine which is extremely soft and easily damaged. Engravings also tend to be muddled on softwoods due to the uneven grain.
• Most common ones are simply lasered Plywood which separate when they get wet, known as delamination
• Lastly there are those that are made of MDF/HDF, which are toxic, has no water resistance, breaks easily and is known to woodworkers as literally junk wood (some don't even classify it as wood)!

• 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 tokens, 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.
• Tokens 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.

• Short Answer: No
• Long Answer: Wood varies in look due to grain and density changes, this variance is the reason to use wood! Tokens are made in small batches and each batch comes from the same tree/section and will be generally close in appearance (except for grain pattern). Most orders are small enough to be fulfilled all in one batch, larger orders are spread across batches and have more variance. Tokens from different batches WILL vary from the previous batch. Each piece is hand finished, this can lead to slight variances in overall size and thickness even in the same batch of tokens.
• Our Main FAQ covers more of this as well.
• If you want them all to be perfectly uniform and the same, real wood is not the material you want.

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