The first photo is the small table. It was ebonized first but still needed to be masked and touched up after scraping. The second photo is the larger table which was ebonized after the banding was installed. The tricky part is that Purpleheart also reacts with the ferrous ions so the masking had to be very accurate. Here are a few bonus pics on that.

The early bird gets the worm but its the second mouse that gets the cheese.