Handcrafted from solid African Sapele and North American Black Walnut hardwoods. Sapele has nice medium dark reddish brown tones and is closely related to mahogany. It often displays a beautiful ribbon-stripe figure when quartersawn and can sometimes have a curly or flame figure. Walnut has rich medium dark brown tones with darker grain lines. It is a prized furniture wood and can sometimes display beautiful curly or feathered type figure.