: I did just that with a couple strips on the deck of my Guillemot. One word of
: advice. If you attempt a bookmatch, dampen the strips with some mineral
: spirits before you commit to glue. My strips didn't darken uniformly when
: I applied epoxy, even though they looked identical dry.

It seems weird that book matched strips don't match exactly, but because the grain is actually running in opposite directions, they will tend to reflect light differently. This often results in one looking darker than the other. However if you look at them in different light, the other strip will often look darker.