Tortoise Binding

[big h]

post a pic of your tortoise bound mando.

[JEStanek]

You didn't say Simon Says!

Here's a tortoise bound mandolin bound to a tortoise.

Jamie

[big h]

Perfect! This is just what I was looking for!

[Joe F]

Triple-tortoise binding on my Clark F5 #27. It was a cost upgrade, but very well worth it.

[ColdBeerGoCubs]

Thats awesome Joe.

[swinginmandolins]

My Holst 2 point:

[Jill McAuley]

I love the tortoise binding with that honey colour finish, what a lovely contrast!

Cheers,
Jill

[frankenstein]

Brock A headstock..

[Rolfe]

A custom "ultimate" Neoclassical with sound port, and tortoise binding with some abalone purfling to keep it company.

[MandoPheel]

Some really amateur pictures of my BRW J-16. I'm going to cheat and link to some better pictures of the mandolin by the previous owner, Mandomick.

http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1069

Everything is the same except I changed the tuner buttons to ebony.

Phil

[Geoff B]

built this for a customer a little over a year ago...

[mandroid]

Kawlija , my wooden headed banjo uke , got bound around that edge with Tortoise Binding.

of a general's from Epaulet stars . tried for nickel , but nickels are mostly copper now.

so they came out darker..

[Steve Sorensen]

These pictures are making me want to move Tortoise binding up a hare in my building priority list . . .

[amowry]

Here's a headsstock...

[Fliss]

I've posted these pics before, but this is a good excuse to do so again: my Newell A style:





Fliss

[Mandolin Mick]

Hey, Geoff B., That's a nice looking mandolin!!!

[ctolle]

Here you go.

[tburcham]

Honey Amber Weber Yellowstone

[Benski]

O man! I dont know which I like better: tortoise shell binding on a blond mando or the triple white/tort/white binding on a dark mando...both look awesome. Thanks for posting those pics (dang, I sure love looking at beautiful mandolins.......)

[Marni Sorrick]

Geoff - your photo of that A model you said you built last year - that is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.

[Dan Adams]

For those of you admiring Geoff's work on the Triple iii, it is even more stunning when you hold the mandolin. Geoff was great to work with during the construction and really has a passion for his craft. It sounds better than it looks; for an instrument that is about 1 1/2 years old it is loud and gets more complex every time it is played. It's a pleasure to own that particular instrument. Dan

[Steve Hinde]

I made this one a few years ago.

Steve

[pjlama]

How bout this one? Ben deserves more love IMO.

[Rick3]

This is my Austin Clark oval hole.

[Bill Van Liere]

That's a sweeet lookin BRW PJ

Do you still have it?