GREAT EASTERN ABALONE and PEARLS

[jerryd6818]

Please excuse my ignorance but I was under the impression the Abalone Looking Glass was an acrylic but in your pictures it looks like real abalone. What gives?

And what does the LVS stand for in LVS Abalone?

[biglmbass]

Please excuse my ignorance but I was under the impression the Abalone Looking Glass was an acrylic but in your pictures it looks like real abalone. What gives?

And what does the LVS stand for in LVS Abalone?

As I understand it, LVS = laminate veneer sheet. Looking glass in GEC nomenclature means a knife gets a very thin abalone or pearl base and then it's covered with clear acrylic material. Looks like solid abalone or pear until viewed on it's side.

Here's some pics of one of mine done in yellow awabi shell looking glass.

[jerryd6818]

Ahh, thank you. So it's not ground up shells but an actual solid thin sheet of real shell, topped with acrylic. I appreciate the explanation 'cause I didn't have a clue.

[boggs]

Big...you beat me to the answer,right on...and I have to say the matchstriker pull really does make it...

[big monk]

A Few More of the ACRYLICS !!!!!!!

[boggs]

Monk........


Ahhhhhhh, there they are.................

[Jethro Bodine]

Big Monk & Earl are my GEC heroes! Whatta fine display!

[On Edge]

Big Monk & Earl are my GEC heroes! Whatta fine display!

Just beautiful! They're my heroes too!



~ Edge

[boggs]

Here are the #79's in abalone and awabi Green Abalone, Red Abalone, Black Awabi and White Awabi. Each one of these are 1 of 2 !!!



Thanks to Edward who was gracious enough to allow me to post his pictures in this thread....

[big monk]

ABALONE !!!!!!! Pure Beauty !!!!!!

[Sasquach]

I just picked up a Tidioute "Little Indian Girl Canoe" pattern #16 in Yellow Awabi Looking Glass. I found out that Awabi is a Hawaiian word meaning abalone but I was wondering if it was acrylic or genuine shell. The colors are too natural looking but it doesn't feel natural. Thanks to you guys on this forum I now know it's both!