Inlay to match... hey that doesn't ... ooohhhhh, Nice!@ Good thing there wasn't any worse damage.

Well, from now when it comes to sharing safety points about using a branding iron you can now officially say, "you are probably wondering how I know this".

For the sake of transparency . . . So, your branding iron gets bumped off the little holder and you are so focused on what you are doing that you don't notice.  You are now so pleased with yourself for having done what you were doing that you run off to show the wife in the house.  You return to the shop after chatting up SWMBO, making a cup of coffee, and generally goofing off. I smell SMOKE!!! Sorry I didn't get a pic without the template in place. Route out the bad, cut an inlay to match . . . Fettle the fit a little. Lay in some glue and drive it near flush (I scaled the patch to be a bit proud). Card scrape it flush. After a bit of finish it should . . . . . . be a big fat constant reminder for me to stay focused on safety!!!

An 88 year old Norwegian. She might have done it a time or three.

Looks like whoever was rolling them out knew what they were doing.   Yum