Thread: Wood for scale

I'll work with just about anything, but some of the ones I prefer (and the reasons) are:

Padauk - really easy to work with and takes a beautiful tung oil finish
Cocobolo - nice colour and fairly tight grain
Bubinga (my all time favourite at this point) - has a beautiful grain when tung oil is used - almost 3D.
Rosewood - buffs up very nice on a cotton wheel, when sanded into the high grits (2000-2500)