Thanks for the comments folks, it was getting a bit lonely in here ....cheque in the post Owen
The main body is a 2 piece Olive Ash, the cap is one piece of gnarly London Plane. (Both from UK grown wood).
The London Plane is nice to work, feels similar to maple, i was going to put a tint of colour over it but i'm glad i just
left it the natural colour of the wood. It's a nice rich honey colour which looks quite plain from a distance, its
not till you get up quite close that you can see all the figure in the wood.
I'll take Pedula . This design has evolved over a few builds (theres still a few tweaks to do yet) but i can see the
similarities...there's a retro hint of the 80's about it........Inevitable really .........!
Ian