Thanks for all the great responses. I will post more photos when the opportunity presents. I'm back in Wisconsin due to a family emergency--which is improving. However, only have dialup at my parents', which is just a little slower than snail mail. When I get to the local library, (which has free wifi) I'll try to post some earlier shots of the building process.
Freeman: I should be back in Vanc/WA by 9/1. Be fun to get together.
Filippo: That ebony point on the cutaway, was one of those wild-hair afterthoughts. I made both the tail wedge and the binding strip at the heel of the cutaway ebony, then thought, "Hey, why not the cutaway tip?" Between you & me, it is odd. Might never do it again, as one person observed, "It looks like you screwed up the miter and put the ebony in to hide it." That put it in a whole new light. Probably won't do it again, but I do kind of like it.
Dan Z: The wood that my prospective client cut on his ranch is black locust. It's reputedly to be one very tough to work with wood. Generally, used as fence post stock as its rot resistance is equal to that of granite. I plan on doing double side construction, however, like I generally do with ziricote and the ebonies, so bending shouldn't be an issue.
Thanks again for the positive comments. I'll post more when I can.
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