Patent ID: 8440042

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a laminated strip of inlay material comprising the following steps: mounting a sheet of organic shell matter to a rigid substrate with a water soluble adhesive; cutting the sheet of organic shell matter into a plurality of parallel strips, the parallel strips each comprising a front side attached to the rigid substrate and an exposed back side; attaching a panel of binding material to the exposed back sides of the parallel strips; cutting the panel of binding material such that each parallel strip has an overlying portion of binding material attached to the back side of the strip; removing the parallel strips from the rigid substrate by dissolving the water soluble adhesive, resulting in a plurality of laminated strips of inlay material, wherein each strip has a first layer of organic shell matter and a second layer of binding material; and introducing a plurality of breaks in the first layer of organic shell matter while leaving the second layer of binding material intact.