So we had to replace the original fretboard. Due to my availability to pick up the guitar in early June (I work overseas), I decided I didn't want to wait several months for a new Pernambuco fretboard to dry out to an acceptable level for Tim to work with it. So, I suggested we switch to an African Blackwood fretboard that Tim already had in his shop. He was happy to oblige and has continued with the build.
I came across this picture of an 1897 Martin 2-42 over a year ago at vintagemartin.com. I loved the simple snowflake inlays and asked Tim to make a general reproduction of them for my guitar. This is yet another visual element of the "19th century meets 21st century" theme:
....here is a picture of these inlays cut out of MOP:
and here are the inlays laying on the ABW fretboard (not glued in yet):
