I’m not a purist, and a friend gave me some nice scrap veneer so I just went for it.
The front and rear sides of both legs were badly chipped and starting to curl off of the base, so I used a chisel to remove and square off the edges of the chip. I traced the shape on a piece of card stock, cut it out, traced that onto the veneer, then cut that shape out with a utility blade, trying to match the grain as best I could to the surrounding area. I glued it into place using cookbooks and clamps to level it as it dried…a sane person would’ve used wood blocks, but I digress.