Hi JR,
The inlay is awesome. I like the way S&W's cut too. How did you handle darkening the background? The consensus is to use a durable black paint in the stippling (which I've always done as well) but I've been toying with the idea of using a stainless blackening solution for gun parts ....
http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/black.htm#stainless