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I agree with everyone else....it's beautiful wood. I also agree with the toxicity! I'm one of those people! My very first knife had cocobolo scales.....Cindy came home from work and found me on the couch, wheezing, with my eyes swollen shut! After a night in the hospital, and a couple days of tests, they figured out it was the cocobolo! I can get it on my skin without issue, but if I inhale or get the dust in my mouth/nose, I have a severe reaction.
Finishing is easy.....take it down to 1200+ grit finish, then a light buff. DO NOT try to put any finish products on it....the wood has so much natural resin that most finishes will just bead up and run off.
The colors are rich with lots of depth, but as with most woods, UV light will oxidize the colors out over time...making the color deeper, and lessening the appearance of any figure.
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