African blackwood and lignum vitae.
Afzelia xylay and cocobolo.
Padauk and pear.
Here's a close up look of the spring loaded brass connector inside of the pear wood bottom. I really like how the springs are totally hidden, giving a clean look.
A closer look at the bottom carving. I carve the concave surface on the bottom by hand with a power carving bit, followed up by a lot of hand scraping and sanding. Each bottom carving takes me anywhere from 1 hr - 1.5 hrs to complete (depending on wood species). That's at least a week a non-stop carving for a batch. Unfortunately I have not figured out a faster method for this process yet....
I thought about getting rid of this feature, since it's only aesthetic after-all, but it's just such an integral part of the over-all design, I just couldn't imagine the Nomad II without this little detail!