Carries a full line of shell products, at the best prices for small users, and with no minimum order. Has a lot of stuff on sale at far below wholesale (odd-lot, overstock, discontinued, out of tolerance, etc.), and has a catalogue. Shares space, and works with, famed high-end banjo builder Renee Karnes, so has inlay …
Very well known and highly respected specialists in knife handle materials, thicker and larger shell slabs and laminates, reconstituted (“recon”) stone, imitation shell plastics. 254 Amity St. Meriden, CT, 06450 Phones: (203) 238-3049; (800) 682-5489 Fax: (203) 238-2373 Email: info@masecraftsupply.com Website: www.masecraftsupply.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Masecraft%20Supply%20Co.
One of the oldest, largest, and friendliest luthier’s supply warehouses in the world, carrying a gigantic selection of inlay materials, as well as woods and tools. 7975 Cameron Dr. Bldg. 1600 Windsor, Ca., 95492 Phones: (800) 477-4437; international (707) 687-2020 Fax: (707) 687-2014 Email: service@lmii.com Website: www.lmii.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/luthiersmercantile
Artistic sign making supplies, including thin shell for doing reverse-glass work. 60480 Christy Lane Angie, LA, 70426 Phone: (800) 531-3359 Email: custserve@letterheadsignsupply.com Website: www.letterheadsignsupply.com
A major supplier of woodworking equipment and tools, with a large catalogue. Owner Shiraz Balolia is also an accomplished luthier, so has added an extensive selection of instrument making parts, woods, and inlay materials to their inventory. Locations in: Memphis, TN; Williamsport, PA; and Bellingham, WA Phone: (800) 523-4777 Email: csr@grizzly.com Website: www.grizzly.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/grizzlyindustrial
A professional guitar maker and player with facilities in the Philippines where he manufactures flat blanks from Green and Red abalone, and white and gold M.O.P. 5339 Prospect St. San Jose, CA, 95129 Phone: (408) 307-4620 Email: info@worldofshell.com Website: www.worldofshell.com
Another very well known and highly respected supplier of exotic knife handle materials including thick and large M.O.P. and abalone shell slabs and laminates, bone, legal ivories, corals, and fancy leathers. 8285 Georgia Road Otto, NC, 28763 Phone: (828)524-6842 Email: info@culpepperco.com Website: www.knifehandles.com
Yes, this is the same character who also claims to be the Duke of Pearl, but in this manifestation peddles sundry items such as reconditioned vintage Swiss and German jeweler’s saws and finely crafted antique shell items. Also offers ambers, and does inlay materials consulting. 18072 Greenhorn Rd. Grass Valley, CA, 95945 Phone/fax: (530) 273-4116 …
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Supplies proprietary “Thin-Lam” plastic-laminated/reinforced shell sheet and tile for cabinets, countertops, flooring, and architectural applications. Laser-cut inlays for guitars, ukuleles, small boxes, etc. 5805 Lower Kula Rd. Kula, HI, 96790 Phone/fax: (808) 876-0217 Email: aquablue@maui.net Website: www.aquabluemaui.com
Laminated shell sheets and extra-long strips, as well as guitar and mandolin woods and hardware. Also has an excellent and widely used fingerboard fret-slotting service, for almost any scale imaginable! P.O. Box 1883 Colfax, CA, 95713 Phone/fax: (530) 346-6590 Email: ag@allenguitar.com Website: www.allenguitar.com
