Oh this is cool.
Now I get to piggyback onto what Jim said!

   Jim is absolutely right. His dye technique makes a very good 
approximation of rosewood's appearance. He taught me to use it, and I do 
use it.
  And lots of times you don't really need the strength of rosewood, 
merely the appearance.

      Other times, when the strength of rosewood is critical, you can 
use one of the other lighter colored rosewoods, or nearby rosewood 
relatives, then dye this to look more like Brazilian or at least Indian 
rosewood.
   Bolivian rosewood, bubinga, SE Asian rosewood, etc etc. These can be 
worked and dyed and will serve quite well.

    Honduran rosewood is actually harder and stronger than either 
Brazilian or Indian rosewood by a fairly wide margin.   It just isn't 
quite as pretty.
   Not bad looking at all, just not -quite- as pretty.
   I won't dye or otherwise try to artificially color Honduran rosewood 
though.
Its good enough.
      yours Scott

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