Kekani
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nice- i used to join the headstock purfling to the FB purfling just like that- tricky stuff but i dont bother anymore....although i might have to think about it again now im probably going to continue with the FB/nut ledge. I think I will still sit the nut full width though and not enclose it like a saddle as you do (although it looks better your way) it means the FB (at the nut) is binding + purfling x 2 wider then is needs to be if one wants the strings to remain the same distance in form the edge and have some nut material left on the edges to hold the strings in.
I come in about 4mm each side of the nut edge for the outside strings.
If you look just at the nut, it's pretty standard. The fretboard is wider by the binding x2. Yup, my fretboards are wider, by about 1/8". Oddly enough, that's another thing not always noticed. Comments I've had mostly is "it's easy to play", but that's probably a combination of variables, including neck shape.