A couple more pics, as promised
The heel - it's still rough, but you get the idea....
Hung on my wall next to the strat
http://www.solar.myby.co.uk/misc/andy/acoustic/18.jpg
As for the binding and such...
The stuff I used is maple, but with an ebony strip running through it (with another mm or so of maple underneath) I just ran it straight past the end strip, no mitering ot anything, and that's how it looks