Purfling ... 

Beautiful music and cat make for a very satisfying video.

it is incredible the amount of patience that it must require to shape wood into such beautiful musical instruments.....i watch these videos with the hope that they will help me increase my level of patience so i will be better in my own woodworking...

This is a beautiful technique. I will have to try it. I can watch these videos for hours, They are marvelous works of art in their own right.

In a world of instant, it's nice to see someone taking thoughtful deliberate steps. Thanks for sharing.

And when the master is out of the house the cat does the PURRFLING

Andy33643 It actually saves the body of the instrument from cracking all the way up if you hit the edge of it. Also it's pretty decorative. + if you check it out, you can see that most of student instruments have this inlayed stripe just painted on them - so it's also an unofficial quality indicator. For me at least.

Gorgeous work and gorgeous cat

The cat supervisor xD

I have a cat like yours, she sits right in the middle of my ukulele work. nice patient work it is beautiful.

Fantastic craftmanship! Keep up the great work!! Eddie Hodges/ Philadelphia, PA USA

mad skillz yo

Absolutely awesome!

This is a beautiful technique. I will have to try it.

I was looking for this

I LOVE THAT CAT!

Mighty amazing.

that cat is very beatiful!!!

BRAVO!!!

Lord, give me patience, and give it to me NOW!

Very nice bee stings.Your cat seems quite as patient as you do.

Bravo, Nice job

Hello ..the piece is by Hayden - Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ - Lento The song on my web is Chopin Nocturne in C# minor

WOW! Thanks.

hey please i have a question !! how to recognize inlaid purfling or painted purfling on a violin !? thank you very much ! ps: wonderful work, your hands are gold

I wish it showed him doing it on spruce!

Hi Bertie, This is the natural color of the wood and does not have any dye on it.

Wow - I can't believe you made purfling! Nice work! How did you plane the wood to be so thin? Did you plane it or somehow shear/slice it? Are the three veneers laminated with hide glue?

The Black wood is Ebony Many Blessings , SMR

Beautiful work, very impressive! -What did you use to stain the outer layer black? - Also, is there a special process to get an even penetration of colour, or is it so thin that the dye simply soaks through? Thanks Bertie.

In its previous Life, that Cat was a Luthier ! See how it pays attention !

A very challenging , but very necessary task , Purfling almost stopped me from continuing the build of the instrument... I ruined a top Many Blessings , SMR

What is the name of the first tool you used to get your lines please

Please tell me the name of the song on this video and the song in your web

is beaurefou viola

caaaaaaaaaaaaaat

your assistant is a really awesome guy