Ebony Chunk; What would you make?

[Tai Fu]

Cut it up into bridge sized pieces and sell it to guitar builders...

[Bob Falk]

Would make a nice peppermill if you have a lathe.

[Matt Mackinnon]

If you are building a plane, have you looked at the Lee Valley plane kit? this could help out in making a more versatile plane that will give you many years of good use. As for holding on to pieces of wood. I guess I have the unlucky fate of living really close to Exotic Woods who seem to have those small chunks of Ebony, Rosewood, African Blackwood ... that always seem to be on sale when I visit so the mystique of them doesn't seem to be there as it's as if the wood is just common place. Now, put a nice piece of wood into a finished product then it takes of a whole new life as the beauty of the wood and craftsmanship transform it from 'Oh that' to 'WOW that'.