F-Mandolin Lines & Curves

I recently purchased a set of plans for a Loars F-style Mandolin. These plans show the thickness of the two points (horns) sweeping up at the tips about 0.08 thicker than the general edge. I can not find any pictures showing this feature on genuine 1920's Loars mandolins.

Has anybody actually seen a genuine Loars with this feature?

Bob

Tags: F-style, Points

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Permalink Reply by Frank Ford on September 26, 2014 at 8:11am

F-5 "replicators" have a tendency to exaggerate the scroll details, which are rather more subtle on originals, with the center of the scroll rising around .275 - .300" at the center. That's means the TOTAL thickness of the scroll, including top and back runs no more than .600" than at the edge.

Same for the points - where the measured thickness, including top and back, is barely .050 :greater at the points just inboard of the binding, which rounds off nicely at the very corner.

These are not estimates, but actual measurements from a 1923 original.