Fretboard flush with soundboard

Funny, the 30s/40s Favilla U2 soprano I recently got seems to be a bit different: it appears to have a single piece neck, with no separate fret board, frets installed directly into the neck (i've heard that called Hawaiian style), but the playing surface is raised slightly, it is not flush to the body. Adding to that, to get the small birdsbeak overhang, there appears to be a thin piece of fingerboard added, incorporating the area of the last fret and the overhang. Pics below, but anyone familiar with that build style?
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Yeah most of the old deluxe Harmony branded ukes and the like with wooden fret boards are built exactally this way. I have yet to see one where the extended glued over the body piece actually came from the same piece as the rest of the fret board. Some match better than others.

Dont fear or hate the little old ukes that used to sell for $4. Some are very nice still indeed.
 
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