While I was cutting the ebony for the Octo Mando bridge, I had an epiphany. I'd been thinking of using some of the curly Koa offcuts for the headplate, but I'd have to join them; even with the small size of the uke head they weren't quite wide enough. Plus I haven't yet got the knack of routing perfectly for the logo, and on a lighter wood like koa, its very hard to hide the gaps. (This is one of the places where CNC excels. Which I'm not equipped for.)
But, you know what wood is easy to hide gaps in? Ebony! That's why it's used on most factory headstocks. If you've ever seen an old Gibson headstock where there's been MOTS shrinkage, you've seen horrible gaps that even I could do better than. But ebony dust and super glue makes them invisible.
So I cut a thin piece of the leftover ebony that's more than big enough for the uke's headstock.
Then I had epiphany #2. Instead of using MOP for the logo, why not use the bloodwood!