Early tourist talibon for sharing

trenchwarfare · 13th September 2012, 01:19 AM

Very nice tourista piece. Any good craft store should have bags of bits and pieces of shell, and stone. If nothing else, they'll have shell buttons. A fabric shop will have buttons as well.

Battara · 13th September 2012, 02:21 AM

Well the thing is that you would have to work the mother-of-pearl to match the rest of the pieces.

For larger pieces of MOP you can check out knife making suppliers who have MOP blank scales. That is where I got some of my MOP for a Moro kris restoration years ago.

Sajen · 14th September 2012, 06:40 PM

Thank you both, will look where I can get it, good tips!

13th September 2012, 01:19 AM	#1
trenchwarfare Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 385	Very nice tourista piece. Any good craft store should have bags of bits and pieces of shell, and stone. If nothing else, they'll have shell buttons. A fabric shop will have buttons as well.

13th September 2012, 02:21 AM	#2
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,345	Well the thing is that you would have to work the mother-of-pearl to match the rest of the pieces. For larger pieces of MOP you can check out knife making suppliers who have MOP blank scales. That is where I got some of my MOP for a Moro kris restoration years ago.

14th September 2012, 06:40 PM	#3
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,415	Thank you both, will look where I can get it, good tips!