Sam, The steel used in these actions is 8620 so it will not have to be case hardened. I agree with the French gray. That is what I had sort of planned but had also thought of color case then removing about 85% of the color. I'm sure you all understand what I mean by that.
Terry, I think that the picture that I posted is "hot linked" to my Photoshop so you should be able to click on the photo and go to my Photoshop and go forward and backward to view additional photos of the engraving and the wood. If that doesn't work for you let me know and I will post additional photos.
Jim, I don't at the present time know whether I'll be going to DSC or not. I am giving it some thought though.