Traditional Curved Strips: Paua Abalone
- Product Code: DP-PAUA-TRAD-CURVED-STRIPS
- Availability: 2-3 Days
$1.80
Traditional Curved Strips: Paua Abalone
Paua abalone — the most colorful nacreous shell in the world — in spectacular butterfly-wing blues, greens and purples. Sought after, hard to obtain, and unforgettable once inlaid.
Traditional solid-shell strips cut from genuine solid shell — not laminate — in random lengths averaging about 1 inch. Strip ends are not squared; square them with a file or nip them with sharp side-cutters. Figure about 70 inches per large guitar body edge and 15 inches per soundhole rosette; a Martin D-45 style guitar takes about 290 inches.
Specifications
- Shell: Haliotis iris; New Zealand
- Sizes: .040" x .109" – .060" x .098"
- Sold: per strip (random ~1" lengths)
- SKU: DP-PAUA-TRAD-CURVED-STRIPS
Working with this shell
Always order extra, especially for color-matched work. Take care matching adjoining ends and joints become almost invisible; or deliberately fade from one color to another for a graduated effect. Wear a respirator when sanding — shell dust is hazardous.
Please note: May include heart material.
SORRY NO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING due to law, Shell SHIPS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES ONLY
Tags: shell, inlay, vivid, trad strip, paua
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