I've started in on the binding process for this guitar. Due to the cutaway, it's going to take a good bit more work than normal. One of the first jobs I did was the bind the point of the cutaway -- this starts with using knives and chisels to cut out a space for the binding using a ruler as a guide...
I decided to keep the grain oriented the same direction as the binding to help give the impression that the maple is inset into the cocobolo...
And gluing up the binding strips...
The cocobolo end graft...
Since the cutaway section is not square, I'll have to cut most of the binding and purfling by hand. To do that, I'll have to wait for my fancy new purfling cutter to arrive -- should be here in the next day or two!
Mike