Hi Mal.
The wood is again Tamboti . Its a hardwood and fortunately for me I have access to a farm full of it in the North-en part for KZN (Natal Province).
The indentations was made with a Demel and polished out.
The wood is by nature very oily and extremely strong bt it works like dream as it has a very fine grain to it.
The wood finish is a wood oil and lots of rubbing and polishing.