Timbuck
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I'm just in the final stages of part repair/restoration of this old 1920's solid Koa "Mossman Soprano"....I noticed a crack like defect across one of the sides in the centre of the waist bend...But I'ts not a crack, Fold or a wrinkle and its dead smooth to the touch on closer examination I discovered that it is actualy a joint The builder long ago must have feather edged the two pieces back about 20 mm and glued them together to save material, it's very well done cos' you can hardly see the the join on the inside and the outside has some faint cuts across the join to look like grain lines...The sides are only .050" thick so, I don't know if this joint was made before or after bending considering that Hide glue was used....Here a pic of it.
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