For the fisherman at heart

[JeffD]

One thing I particularly like is a mandolin and a violin made as a pair. Deliberately complimenting each other visually. That is really cool.

I have not seen that before. I would have thought Campanella Stringed Instruments would have been the first to deliberately offer a matching pair mandolin and fiddle.

[Jim Garber]

I can't see a fish-shaped instrument thread and *not* mention the fish-shaped Rajaos and Cavaquinhos from Portugal:

I always loved that machete which I believe is in the Metropolitan Museum in NYC. I visited it many times and, at one time, wanted a luthier friend of mine to make me a mandolin like that.

[Dusepo]

One thing I particularly like is a mandolin and a violin made as a pair. Deliberately complimenting each other visually. That is really cool.

I have not seen that before. I would have thought Campanella Stringed Instruments would have been the first to deliberately offer a matching pair mandolin and fiddle.

I believe that's what the original f-style mandolins were trying to do, in copying the style and construction of violins.

I always loved that machete which I believe is in the Metropolitan Museum in NYC. I visited it many times and, at one time, wanted a luthier friend of mine to make me a mandolin like that.

Yes, correct! I got the picture from the Met Museum's website.