The work has been demanding, there have been various phases that have led me to the completion of the board: from the roughing process with a gouge and a planer to the most delicate phases like cutting the f-holes with a knife, up to the insertion of the purfling.
After the time necessary for the purfling’s gluing, I used a well sharpened gouge and I made the so called fluting and then I finished the whole board with a strickle. This last phase, together with the rough-arching of the board, is my favourite: it is here that the manual work shows all its beauty and the luthier’s personality.
