Re: GREAT EASTERN ABALONE and PEARLS
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:25 pm
NORTHFIELD #85 ABALONE LOOKING GLASS 2012
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Re: GREAT EASTERN ABALONE and PEARLS
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:44 pm
Wow Boggs them are very nice
Re: GREAT EASTERN ABALONE and PEARLS
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:50 pm
Congrats Jim ______ the Abalone is awesome !!!!!!!
______ the Abalone is awesome !!!!!!! Re: GREAT EASTERN ABALONE and PEARLS
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:24 pm
Very nice Jim,great color.....love that 85 pattern 
Re: GREAT EASTERN ABALONE and PEARLS
Posted: 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.
I noticed they used a matchstriker pull on that which is pretty neat and unusual.Re: GREAT EASTERN ABALONE and PEARLS
Posted: 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?
And what does the LVS stand for in LVS Abalone?
Re: GREAT EASTERN ABALONE and PEARLS
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:07 pm
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.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?
Here's some pics of one of mine done in yellow awabi shell looking glass.
Re: GREAT EASTERN ABALONE and PEARLS
Posted: 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.
Re: GREAT EASTERN ABALONE and PEARLS
Posted: 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...
Re: GREAT EASTERN ABALONE and PEARLS
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 12:34 am
A Few More of the ACRYLICS !!!!!!!
Re: GREAT EASTERN ABALONE and PEARLS
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 12:35 am
Monk........
Ahhhhhhh, there they are.................
Ahhhhhhh, there they are.................
Re: GREAT EASTERN ABALONE and PEARLS
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:36 am
Big Monk & Earl are my GEC heroes! Whatta fine display!
Re: GREAT EASTERN ABALONE and PEARLS
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 6:27 pm
Just beautiful! They're my heroes too!Jethro Bodine wrote:Big Monk & Earl are my GEC heroes! Whatta fine display!
~ Edge
Re: GREAT EASTERN ABALONE and PEARLS
Posted: 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....
Thanks to Edward who was gracious enough to allow me to post his pictures in this thread....
Re: GREAT EASTERN ABALONE and PEARLS
Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 9:29 pm
ABALONE !!!!!!! Pure Beauty !!!!!! 
Re: GREAT EASTERN ABALONE and PEARLS
Posted: 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! 