I got the Cocobolo/Bear claw Sitka all strung up today:
It's hard to catch in a photo but, the bear claw really shimmers and the marking are very symmetrical from side to side:
Sometimes to smallest touch of color can really go a long way. In particular red seems to have this transformative power. I really like this small touch of red on this little leather washer under the strap button:
I'll give this one a couple days to settle and then I'm installing a LR Baggs Anthem pick-up system and it should be ready to ship next week
Mark