Wood Types for Rings

Exotic Hardwood Rings

Our Exotic Hardwood rings are made with the finest hardwood available — a beautiful combination of natural cut hardwood and custom-formed alternative metal. You can't go wrong with an Exotic Hardwood ring from Revolution.

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Available Hardwoods

* Woods marked with an asterisk are colored and/or laminated wood types, consisting of Birch or Oak. The name refers to the color of stain used, not the species of wood.

About Our Hardwoods

Bocote

Bocote is native to Mexico. It can have a wide range of patterns with outstanding, zebra-like contrasts of nearly black strips. The color varies from golden brown to tan to a golden yellow. It is a hardy, heavy wood.

Desert Ironwood Burl

Desert Ironwood is a rare tree that grows in the Sonoran Desert in the USA and Mexico. It has an appealing grain pattern with good contrast and figuring. So dense it actually sinks in water.

Jack Daniel's Barrel Wood

This wood comes from the whiskey barrels Jack Daniel's uses to age their whiskey. The barrels are handmade from American White Oak and used only once before being repurposed — including in our rings.

Koa Wood

Koa comes from a flowering tree on the Hawaiian islands. It is normally a medium to red-brown with contrasting dark streaks. Traditionally used to make canoes, surfboards, and instruments like ukuleles and guitars.

Leopard Wood

Leopard Wood is a very dense, hard wood from Central and South America. It has a unique spotted pattern resembling a leopard's markings. Color varies from brown to red-brown with spots of light brown to grey.

Maple Burl

Maple Burl comes from the USA — a rare growth on a common tree. It varies from honey brown to medium brown and features an unusual pattern of tight grain swirls. Once polished, it has a slight sheen.

Olive Wood

Olive wood is native to Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. It has a tan color with black, gray, and brown streaks that darken and become more attractive over time. It holds traditional significance across several cultures and religions.

Osage Orange Wood

Osage Orange originated in Argentina but was planted across the plain states of the USA in the 1930s. It is a dense, very hard wood with a distinctive yellow-orange color.

Padauk Wood

Padauk comes from Africa and was historically used as herbal medicine. The color ranges from bright orange to deep orange-red, fading over time to a warm, slightly red-brown.

Purple Heart

Purple Heart is a hard, heavy wood from Central and South America with a unique purple color and grains that vary from straight to wavy to interlocking. It can darken to brown with a hint of purple over time.

Red Heart

Red Heart comes from Honduras and is a bright red hardwood ranging from lighter pink-red to darker brown-red. Over time, the wood fades to a richer, more reddish-brown color.

Snakewood

Snakewood is an extremely dense wood from South America that can be challenging to work with. Its unique reddish-brown color with irregular black markings makes it truly one of a kind.

Spalted Tamarind

Spalted Tamarind is a pale-yellow wood with black streaks throughout. It comes from the Tamarind tree in Africa, known for its sweet/sour fruit pods.

Teak

Teak is native to Southern Asia and is also grown in tropical regions of Africa and Latin America. It ranges from golden to medium brown with a slightly darker grain that can deepen as the wood ages.

Thuya Burl

Thuya Burl ranges from orange to red-brown and typically includes many tightly arranged "eyes." It comes from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Spain from knot clusters on the roots of the Thuya tree — a small tree that can regrow itself after a wildfire.

Walnut

Walnut is native to Southwest Asia and now commonly grown in the USA, England, and beyond. The grain is generally straight but can be irregular. Colors range from light pale brown to dark chocolate brown with dark streaks.

Wenge Wood

Wenge comes from Africa and features a dark brown color with distinctive black streaks. Its unique coloring, pattern, and hardness make it ideal for furniture and high-end musical instruments including drums.

Zebrawood

Zebrawood is a hardwood native to Western Africa. Its zebra-like appearance comes from the light brown sapwood paired with contrasting dark brown/black grain.

Ziricote

Ziricote is native to Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico. It is a hard, dense wood with colors ranging from reddish brown to dark brown with distinct black streaks. Commonly used for knife handles and furniture.