IF you COULD only choose one pair of this wood (diospyros malabarica) for a bookmatched table slab, which one would you prefer, based on the patterns, the first or the second pair? :
Ebony (Diospyros Crassiflora Hiern) - for master craftsmen only
Macassar Ebony | Ebony Wood | Diospyros Celebica
Diospyros nigra (J.F.Gmel.) Perr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science
Macassar Ebony (Diospyros celebica) backs, from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, getting ready for a build. A bari and a … | Orchestras, Ebony, String instruments
Managed to get my hands on this very elusive and hard to obtain ebony. Diospyros Mun, a true black ebony from South East Asia to rival the African Gaboon ebony. : r/woodworking