Thanks to all for your comments. I'm finding that matching component finish to the specie of wood can make a lot of difference. On the ziricote, I'm not sure any other finish would have set it off quite as well. The same can be said for the black titanium paired with the willow burl.
It was also fun to interpret the shape of the Baron to take advantage of some of the specific features in each blank. Straight barrels on that piece of willow burl would have done it a grave injustice.
FYI, on the curly maple, you can see a bit of grain tearing. It starts on the surface and goes quite deep. It's a warning for those of you cutting your own blanks. Keep the bandsaw blade sharp and feed the wood slowly, letting the tool do the work. Hurrying those cuts really damages the wood.