Used walnut and spalted maple for the pepper and salt mills, respectively. Both mills turned out great and work as expected. I did go for the duplication and was mostly successful. The client, aka the Mrs., was happy so that's what counts! Sanded both down to 1200 grit and then finished both with 2 coats of walnut oil. This did darken the maple more that what I originally wanted, but you can still make out which is darker/lighter to know which one to use. The walnut was a lamination and the maple was a block from Klingspor's. Thanks for looking