Mother of Pearl

[Drac]

Hi,

I'm getting ready to make a gents carry knife with MOP and while I can get white at a good thickness, gold and black lipped are just a bit thin for what I need. Now I've lifted gold lipped with black spacers and this makes for a good contrast between the gold of the pearl and the silver of the blade, but how would I raise the black lipped?

Thanks for your time,
Jim

[A T Barr]

Originally Posted by Drac

Hi,

I'm getting ready to make a gents carry knife with MOP and while I can get white at a good thickness, gold and black lipped are just a bit thin for what I need. Now I've lifted gold lipped with black spacers and this makes for a good contrast between the gold of the pearl and the silver of the blade, but how would I raise the black lipped?

Thanks for your time,
Jim

Same way Jim, use black spacer.

A.T.

[stoneman]

You could also try thin metal sheet (brass, copper or nickel silver) to use as a spacer.
Just another option to try.
I used some thin copper sheet as spacer behind some nephrite jade on a couple DDR3's I made, and the contrast looked pretty cool.
Take care.

[Drac]

Thanks guys,

I ended up going with white, black just wasn't in the budget this time.

Jim