Looking for small abalone strips

[grz5]

I've been playing with the idea of trying to incorporate small strips of abalone shell into my blanks and I was wondering if anyone knew where I could get some.

Thanks,
Garrett

 

[louie68]

Custom Fishing Rod Building & Tackle Crafting Supply | mudhole.com

 

[Robert111]

This is true abalone

Search results for “abalone purfling” at Stewart-MacDonald

 

[grz5]

Thanks for the links. I found this site last night and was wondering if anyone has ever dealt with them before.

Duke of Pearl

 

[IPD_Mr]

I like what Louie came up with best depending on the thickness. The other stuff is quite brittle and very hard to cut without chipping and looking like crud.

 

[nava1uni]

This place has abalone and mother of pearl. They are pieces used for inlay on quitars and you can cut them with a coping saw to get different shapes. Here is the link:
STEWMAC.COM : Guitar Parts, Bass, Banjo, Mandolin, Hardware, Tools, Supplies, Free Information

 

[qballizhere]

As you can see there are several different types of shell you can get depending on your application. The flex pearl from mud hole is good if you are wrapping cylinders. No I dont use this in my blanks. It is a new product that has been on the market less than a year. The stuff from stewmac and duke of pearl is a lot thicker. Thin lam is .012 and reg pearl is.040. All of it is true abalone it just the different process cutting the shell.

 

[nativewooder]

A lot more variety of the real thing at Ocean Shell New Zealand.

 

[chriselle]

The mud hole veneer looks interesting however the kid doing the demo in the video didn't do the product any favors.... he really messed it up...lol.

 

[Ankrom Exotics]

Culpepper & Co. specializes in MOP and Abalone for custom knifemakers. They usually have a good selection of small strips etc....