Etching the Pearl

Before going into the spray booth to apply finish, the last thing we did was etch some detail into the headstock inlay. What you see in the picture are the pencil lines... it was considerably harder to do this with a scrimshaw scribe (sharp pointy thing for etching pearl). The challenge is to make the cuts deep enough that you can fill them with black pigment and not lose your line when you sand it flush. Oh, that and the fact that you only have one shot... can't erase it, once the scratch is made, it's made.