True Abalone Majestic

[laurie sullivan]

Hello Happy Pen Turners,

I spent 10 hours cutting, shaping and gluing this. I was given the abalone form northern Calif. Each piece is individually sanded with a Dremel mini sanding drum to get more gluing surface. Then carefully turned and filled and sanded and finished with Ca.

Boy, I hope you all like it. This a special order pen. Way too much time. thanks for looking.

Laurie

 

[rdunn12]

Very nice!Don't think I have the patience for that one.Awesome work.

 

[Dalecamino]

ME EITHER !! I DO like the pen Laurie ! You did a very nice job on it ! [8D]

 

[karlkuehn]

Wow, that is a lot of work! I love the way you do those. Beautiful work Laurie!

 

[penmanruss]

That is absolutely incredible! You must have the patience of a saint!

 

[johnnycnc]

Gorgeous pen,Laurie!
I can appreciate the work involved,
and the natural materials.
Very nice.

 

[Gary Max]

Heck I am hoping you get paid by the hour---outstanding workmanship.

 

[fernhills]

WOW!!

 

[LEAP]

That's gorgeous! Have to hide this post from my daughter or she'll be wanting one.

 

[gerryr]

Very nice Laurie. I hope you got a really good price for it considering the work.

 

[VisExp]

Stunning work Laurie!

 

[bitshird]

Laurie, that is a fantastic pen, just be very careful cutting, grinding or sanding Abalone, it can cause respiratory fibrosis, same holds true for any shell or coral,
I've had several friends shorten their lives cutting shell for jewelry, best done under a water mist, to hold down the dust. [xx(][xx(][xx(]

 

[igran7]

Absolutely stunning work Laurie []

 

[laurie sullivan]

I want to thank you for your kind words. and be rest assured that I took all kinds of precautions to hold down the dust. a lot of the sanding was done with a delta countertop disc santer that has a 30x1 in belt sander and that was attached to the shop vac and was out side. this was fun and an experience.

Laurie

 

[Ligget]

WOW! That is beautiful![]

 

[workinforwood]

That's very intense! Way to go Laurie!

 

[Jim15]

Fabulous pen, great work.

 

[Randy_]

Sweet!!