Cutting it Close

Nothing out of the ordinary today but I just wanted to illustrate how nicely this worked out. This back had some sapwood which is nice if symmetric but that was not the case. It was very narrow to start with so I had to use it with the sapwood. However, as you can see, I glued the narrow back on with very little margin for error but it worked out perfectly. The binding and purfling will just cover up the sapwood. I have some fantastic wood in my stock but most of it has some kind of detail that will make me have extra work when I use it.