Fiber Purfling

[scamp]

For the guitar I'm working on I need black veneer to make the purfling strip.
In my last project I used Dyed Black Tulipier veneer from B & B Rare Woods which worked well.
Unfortunately they are currently out of stock on this.
Looked at a black wood veneer from Stewmac and they are out of stock as well.
I was reading that some people use black fiber veneer which I can get.
I have read also that it makes a very clean black line however it is sometimes difficult to scrape flush.
Just wondering if anyone out there has experience with fiber and if it's reasonable to work with.

Thanks

[jread]

This doesn’t answer your question about fiber but I use this stuff and it’s very affordable and works well. They have black and white.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/266481660523?m ... media=COPY

[Kevin Sjostrand]

I have been using black fiber to border my abalone purfling for years. It works great. I flood the thing with CA and I always get a nice clean black line when scraping and sanding.

I've also used it as a side black line on the edge of binding and again it works fine. Since I install my bindings using CA again I get a nice clean line.