I always study pics of interesting old mandolins or guitars in detail and one of the pictures in recent ad on ebay (posted on MC main page and discussed here: http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/sh...bson-headstock)
shows one overlooked detail. The broken survase shows clearly the three layers of overlay... top is thin approx 0.04" ebonized veneer (the inlay was inlaid into this veneer before the other layers were added), then there is a bit thicker veneer with grain across and underneath one more thin veneer with the grain along headstock.
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