WOW, that is a beauty.
The pins, shield, maple and bolsters look as if they are a painting and one continuous piece.
Almost as if the shield and pins were floating in a maple lake.
You do such great work Todd.
Excellent!
The wood is beautiful and the lines are clean. Outstanding knife.
I recently did a knife and stabilized fiddle back maple that really came out nice.
Because maple is so soft, I won't use it unless it is stabilized, but once it is stabilized it's absolutely gorgeous.
I think maple is one of the more underappreciated woods.