When Chris Reeve says “don’t deep sea dive” with wood inlays he is not saying don’t sweat on wood inlays. I don’t think it is unreasonable to sweat on a knife and expect it to hold together. This has been an informative post that has turned me off from wood inlay knives. I hope the OP ends up in a place to his satisfaction. In regards to other posts here, I’ve collected a lot of things in my day reading many other forums and I guess it is the nature of collectibles to attract a segment of the self-righteous, it seems knives are no different.