Thanks Jawge and half eye, Since I'm in the ball park with my terminology here are the real questions: If I were to use hickory backing on say osage would all of these combinations work? Would some combinations be better? Of course run offs and run ups would need to be concidered. If I'm attempting to chase a ring on osage and nicked a ring and wanted to back it, then it would most be technically a flat edge, plain sawn, piece of wood, correct? Is the integrity of the backing more important (few to no run offs) more important than the belly wood, given of course that the belly wood could handle the compression of the backing?
I would think that flat edge (plain sawn)backed with straight edge (quarter sawn) would give one of the strongest combinations.
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