GREAT EASTERN ABALONE and PEARLS

boggs · Post by **boggs** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:25 pm

NORTHFIELD #85 ABALONE LOOKING GLASS 2012

vieu101 · Post by **vieu101** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:44 pm

Wow Boggs them are very nice

big monk · Post by **big monk** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:50 pm

Congrats Jim

______ the Abalone is awesome !!!!!!!

Earl · Post by **Earl** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:24 pm

Very nice Jim,great color.....love that 85 pattern

biglmbass · Post by **biglmbass** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 12:44 pm

Loving that 85 Abalone, Jim.

I noticed they used a matchstriker pull on that which is pretty neat and unusual.

jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 12:54 pm

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 · Post by **biglmbass** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:07 pm

jerryd6818 wrote: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 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 5:08 pm

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 · Post by **boggs** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 5:34 pm

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

big monk · Post by **big monk** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 12:34 am

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

boggs · Post by **boggs** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 12:35 am

Monk........

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

Jethro Bodine · Post by **Jethro Bodine** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:36 am

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

On Edge · Post by **On Edge** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 6:27 pm

Jethro Bodine wrote:Big Monk & Earl are my GEC heroes! Whatta fine display!

Just beautiful! They're my heroes too!

~ Edge

boggs · Post by **boggs** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:40 pm

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 · Post by **big monk** » Tue May 12, 2015 9:29 pm

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

Sasquach · Post by **Sasquach** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 9:52 pm

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!

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