A Steel and Sea Shell Pendant

Until recently I thought all bullet shells were made of brass. Apparently you can also find shell casings made of steel. I cut down this .45cal casing, drilled holes, and fitted a piece of polished abalone shell in it. You can read more about polishing abalone here. It especially looks cool in sunlight. Overall It has a 12mm diameter (a penny is 19mm) and cost me about 50 cents to make.

Comments

[kgyngard]

I was given this piece of beautiful jewlery from my son-in-law and creator of this piece Mrballeng as a Christmas gift this year. It's AWESOME!!! and so is he.
Love MOM

[themadjeweler]

I. NEED. THIS.
excellent work mrballeng!

[BamaBob]

Well, you've done it again - created another beautiful piece of artwork using bullet casings, of all things. I just hope you don't get caught snagging the casings from crime scenes! :-)