Thanks Ed,
Yes this was the first abalone pen that I had seen and did get me into the PMG! I since got sick and have not been able to do much with pens. Since we seem to have a lot of newbees in the group, I thought I would show some of my past work. I got the abalone about 4 years on e-bay. It is a very time consuming pen to cast. Alice
Did you paint the tube, glue the abalone to it, then poir the acrylic over it?? Where did you get the acrylic, and are you sure it wasn't alumilite or PR??
If acrylic, did you need to use pressure??