Someone who had a piple with initials crudely carved into the side contacted us to see if we could inlay the initials with their Lapis material.
After they emailed us photos of their pipe and their Lapis material, we determined that we could probably do the job for them.
This is the piple which the client sent to us to inlay the initials with their Lapis.
This is a closer view of the way the initials were when the pipe arrived in our shop.
Here you can see what the initials looked like after we finished straightening and cleaning up the channels to prep them to be inlaid.
This is the Lapis rough material which the customer provided us to inlay. They wanted their own material to be used for the inlay.
If you click on the photo you will see a closeup of the finished inaly.
As you can see, there is a little bit of gapping, which we always try to avoid, but considering that wood is a much more difficult material to inlay into than is metal, we felt this was the best we could do with what we were working with.
And the customer was very happy with the final result, which is the most important part.
Another view of the finished pipe.
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Denton Anderson,
Gemologist & Gem Cutter
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Graduate Gemologist, GIA, GG
Over 20 years of experience.
