herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Sept 29, 2013 19:51:08 GMT -5
For a friend's birthday last weekend. Don (jakesrocks) sent me some abalone last year and I've been looking for a project to give me an excuse to cab some. Well a good friend had a birthday last weekend so I took the opportunity to cab some. I didn't know what to expect but our friend was very happy with the finished result.  |
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Sept 29, 2013 20:19:26 GMT -5
One of nature's prettiest materials. Great workmanship
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Post by pghram on Sept 29, 2013 22:04:49 GMT -5
Very nice, I would imagine that it's a challenge to cab being so delicate, no?
Rich
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herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Sept 29, 2013 22:15:37 GMT -5
A light touch was required, yes. It wasn't what I expected though, I'd never cabbed it before but I messed up a few test ones. I though there was the iridescent colors layered down from within the shell (looking at the inside) but it turned out that the pretty color was only a hair's breadth deep.
What I ended up doing was grinding off the white coarse outer side, until a clear layer was exposed, and then very gently removed any opaque material until the clear layer was left over the highly reflective underside of the iridescent side of the shell.
If these are flipped over the typical shiny abalone color is on the other side, but it isn't smooth
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Post by pghram on Sept 29, 2013 22:22:52 GMT -5
Thanks for the explanation!!!
Rich
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Thunder69
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Post by Thunder69 on Sept 30, 2013 19:10:29 GMT -5
Nice work John...JOhn
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cdfcal
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Post by cdfcal on Oct 7, 2013 9:21:58 GMT -5
Besides the beautiful shells, abalone are probably the most delicious thing to eat on planet earth!!!!!
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