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Heath Blair
PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 3:51 pm 
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Any ideas? I was thinking tiger myrtle or possibly snakewood.

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Tiger Myrtle is sexy. Zebrawood too.
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Closest you'll get to for the tortise shell look is Ringed Gidgee. It's an Australian hardwood. Here's some on curly Blackwood.

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Allen, that is REALLY good looking, very pretty combination! There is nothing like a good tortoise celluloid fully backed by a white purfling or BW purfling...

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Allen, THAT is FANTASTIC! Now how to source it?!

Thanks so much for that!

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This guy sells some nice Ringed Gidgee knife handle material , could probably hook you up. http://www.thetimberjoint.com/
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You can try Pete McCurley. He has an Ebay store here.

http://stores.ebay.com.au/Curly-Timbers?_rdc=1

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Haans

That is one beautiful combination. Did you color the surface behind the tortoise to highlight the variations?

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Ed, the tortoise pieces were selected for their color from lengths of binding. The backer for the binding is black/white purfling that is the full depth of the binding. Black/white side purfling is glued to the binding before the binding is glued on the plate.
That Gidgee stuff is a pretty good alternative if you have got to have wood binding. It never was a choice for me because wood dents and dings and it is nearly impossible to dye an instrument without a lot of work.
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