I'm glad you listened to Val, Mark! :)

Thank y'all for the kind words. 

Val has long said that this is what I need to be doing on my instruments. So, I'll push this with all the ones I sell because it really is how I'm making my art.

The images are to tie the chamsa and star to the instrument a bit more.

That is exactly what I'm going for, Steven. When I hear a dulcimer I get taken back to the all day neighborhood parties we had when I was growing up. Work like this takes me back to the boiled peanuts, smoked mullet, and all those who were there. A sloppy sentimentalist, I am!

For years I've used the Detail Master, and I still have it and use it. But I recently changed to the Razor Tip burning system and I love it! http://www.razertip.com/ .

These are images I burned on paper.

I love pyrography Mark, and yours is looking lovely, and so delicate.. What do you use , burner and tip-wise?

Beautiful work Mark, it is a treat following your process of your work.

Very well done Mark! I really like the "old style" engravings...reminds me of some of the items I used to look at in my grandmother's apartment in The Bronx.

Steven

Nice work, Mark.  

I recognize the hamsa and star of David, obviously.  Do the other images have any specific iconographic meaning, or are they purely decorative?

Sure is!