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One of the things i'm thinking is about undercutting the inlet and sort of dovetailing the ebony piece into the inlet. Kind of hard to put into words, but if done the way I envision it would have to slide forward to ever come out. I wonder if they were ever done that way, originally.(?) ....
I should read the whole thread before posting, seeing as I wound up saying the same thing twice.... before editing my latest post.
Mark does beautiful work. I like the length and shape of the inlay Mark did.