I got an awesome piece of kiaat with a really wild end grain. I decided to cut it up into tiles which i then used in my rosette and my tail graft.
and it came out looking like this...not perfect, but I really like it:
With the rosette finally in, we could thin the top and start bracing it:
And carving braces with Matthias's awesome Japanese paring chisel:
My neck is made of sapele and features a scarf joint headstock and a stacked heal:
