Because Duane is using wood most will never began to match in their stocks. I have seen quite a bit of Duane's work and it is spectacular! But a lot of what he does is stuff that is not done the easy way.
Because the wood he uses is so tight-grained he gets away with sanding some mud into the pores to fill them... AFTER he has them mostly filled.
He has a particular style that he uses and the Alkinet root red stain is a big part of it. It is about taste.
