The second picture of the end grain shows that the color of the supposed heartwood is through color as it should be for heartwood. So the surface wasn't burned or stained that color on the one side.
Faking heartwood doesn't go as far as to cover the end grain. Because in the case of walking stick, chairs and other footed things it would just wear off. and in larger pieces it's butted against something usually and the end grain is hidden any way. So you can confidently say that one side is heartwood and the other is sap wood. And that it isn't all sap wood with an aesthetic choice to make it look like half heartwood.
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