Solid Shell Blanks: Pink Abalone Select Color

Deeper pink abalone saturated with rich rose, magenta and teal flashes. Stronger color than the light grade, for inlay that needs to carry across a room.

Traditional solid-shell blanks: random usable shapes and sizes, uniform thickness with no taper, perfectly flat, hand-trimmed of bad edges and corners. Each blank is checked free of worm holes, cracks, dead areas, discoloration and hollow spots — the weight you pay for is fully usable inlay stock. Sold by the ounce; it takes about 1–2 ounces to inlay a typical guitar or banjo neck.

Specifications

• Shell: Haliotis corrugata; Mexico
• Thicknesses: .040" – .060"
• Sold: by the ounce
• SKU: BLANK-PINK-SC

Working with this shell

Saw or jeweler's-saw your shapes, rout the cavity to match, and glue in. Thicker blanks suit curved surfaces; thinner blanks cut faster and need shallower routs on flat work. Inlay gold and black MOP as deeply as possible — their color layer is thin and sands away fast. Always wear a respirator: shell dust is hazardous to breathe.

Please note: Solidly colored on the top face with maximum color reaching at least partially through to the back.

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