The inside of the wooden stock usually has a brass strip fixed to it to reduce wear.
I made two ruler from Tufnol (24x1-1/2x1/2in), then joined them with two brass strips, allowing about 1 in of play between the rulers.
The floor is terrazzo with embedded brass strips dividing it into areas of different color.
The board was black enamel, with inlaid brass strips marking off the spaces.
"A little wooden chest bound with brass strips," Lodston replied.
Set into the floor near the entrance is a brass strip running the width of the building to a sundial set on the left wall.
The tubes are fabricated from brass strip and coated with a brazing filler material.
I admired the gray uniforms with the little brass strip around the edge of the visors of the caps.
While most today are made of plastic, the original whistles were made from folded brass strips.
It was oak, bound with brass strip, and had a broken lock.