Steve Knight wrote...

once cocobolo is fully dry it is pretty stable. but the pretty dry part
is hard to tell. only 3 or 4% too much moisture can cause it to check.

Steve, I'm glad you posted this. I had written "split" when I meant
"check."

Properly dried, cocobolo has pretty good split resistance. Please excuse
the poor choice of words on my part.

Cheers!

Jim