All,
I have always understood "book matching" to mean that a block for scales (knife or pistol, no matter) is split in half and the sides that were facing each other are flipped out side to outside, and what was the outer faces of hte block are now pressed against the tang. This creates a mirror image, and I have always understood this as book matching.
More recently I have seen where the block is split but the slabs are put with the saw-kerf sides up to the tang. You can then see the continuous grain pattern across the tang. In more than one instance now I have heard this called book matching.
Which is correct - the first or the second description?
I have always understood "book matching" to mean that a block for scales (knife or pistol, no matter) is split in half and the sides that were facing each other are flipped out side to outside, and what was the outer faces of hte block are now pressed against the tang. This creates a mirror image, and I have always understood this as book matching.
More recently I have seen where the block is split but the slabs are put with the saw-kerf sides up to the tang. You can then see the continuous grain pattern across the tang. In more than one instance now I have heard this called book matching.
Which is correct - the first or the second description?