If you haven't used it it might be possible to get the shop to swap it for one with a more 'select' piece of timber. Or maybe it would be worth phoning Webley customer services and put the same proposal to them. If you buy a deluxe model, then your expectations of it being a bit special should be fulfilled to some degree as you have paid over the odds for it. The fact that a nice piece of beech is better looking than a dull piece of walnut has nothing to do with it. Good luck.