Hi Kent,
You are dead on when talking about padauk - beautiful striking red to start with but ebony after a few years!
This is a commissioned piece that has a very interesting design intent behind it. The project photos are a little old - I'll be updating them as I get further along. Here the deck is being test fitted to the hull.
Joe

: OK Joe,
: as usual beautiful work but you need to expand the pic a little more so we
: can see what your working on now! Looks like a very fance coffin or
: something

: Kent