Hmmm,
I got to thinking about the possibility of bone and wood dimensional changes, but I have looked at dozens of wheellocks and snaphaunces with a ton of bone inlay, and I haven't seen a proliferation of gaps. As a matter of fact, the majority of them look pretty darn tight to my eye. There is the occasional missing inlay, but the inlays look as tight as they could be. I wonder...maybe bone and stock woods have similar expansion coefficients? I've seen plenty of hardware that does have gaps. Or, could it be that all of these pieces I refer to are usually held by collectors who probably have controlled environments for their pieces. But then again, that would be a fairly modern convenience...
Questions questions, questions....
Best regards,
Albert
