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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;shamster, post: 11230770, member: 85821&quot;]As I said, great green turban shell is a traditional material used in East Asia to make inlays. We don’t have abalone shell that large here, and GGTS is considered more valuable than other shells, it’s a protected species in China.</p><p>Also the piece shown in the photo has a length of 25cm approximately.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I don’t know how that can be cut off either, there’s no video revealing the production process. But I did see craftsman mentioning hot water can soften them to some extent, so perhaps that can be used when cutting the raw material. My guess is they cut the whole piece from this area.[ATTACH=full]538951[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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