Folks!! Thanks soooo much!!
I did not expect this amount of feedback.
upon review of the Snakewood...I can see how it might crack/check.
It appears to be somewhat "grainie"//has lines running through it...
Think I'll save it for another project.
I think it's going to be the Ironwood....if I don't like it, I'll sell it to Peter....
Thanks for the help!!
Capt...it's going to be more than a year off...I'm sending down some other handle stuff, and wanted ot get this in, and out of my mind...I'll post it up for sure, when it gets here!!
:-)Rocky