Silver Abalone Shell Casting Sheet Select Pen Tube Size:10mm Great pens made in America

Great pens made in America

The tubes are then placed into a mold and over a three day period a non-yellowing acrylic is poured

alternative materials or acrylic pen blanks

A discarded EMPTY Diprivan bottle is soaked until the label can carefully be removed and then adhered to a hand painted brass tube

The tube is then placed on a lathe

Silver Abalone Shell Casting Sheet Select Pen Tube Size:10mm Great pens made in AmericaSilver Abalone Shells are cut by master cutters in the Pacific region to a thickness of 1 2mm and then adhered to a very sticky 3M backing. The sheet of shell is cut with a laser so it EXACTLY wraps around a specific pen tube. Each sheet of Silver Abalone will make two (2) single barrel pens or one (1) two barrel pen. Simply cut the sheet with a pair of scissors to length, remove the 3m backing and carefully place onto a painted tube and cast it in