A Steel and Sea Shell Pendant

by Mrballeng

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Intro: 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). 

4 Comments

jmabry3 10 years ago

what did you use to attach the abalone to the casing? superglue?

kgyngard 12 years ago

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 12 years ago

I. NEED. THIS.
excellent work mrballeng!

BamaBob 12 years ago

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! :-)