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Anyone like scrimshaw?
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05-09-2024, 08:42 AM
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I don't remember who made the grips. I know it's fake ivory, and she's out of business. But she offered scrimshaw designs. And I liked this wolf.
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05-09-2024, 11:30 AM
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I don't have much, but love scrimshaw.
The pocket knife was a Christmas gift from my two sons quite a few years ago. Scales are bone. The wingbone turkey call is one that I made from the wing bones (thus the name) of one of the gobblers I have taken. I should learn how to scrimshaw and do some work on my wingbone calls.
The S&W stocks came on my .32 Safety Hammerless. They are made of elephant ivory and are the reason I bought the gun.
The scrimshawed artwork is Mammoth ivory (scrimshawed) and ancient walrus ivory (base). It measures 8" x 3". I purchased it from an Alaska scrimshander.
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05-09-2024, 02:31 PM
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The late Twyla Taylor did a lot of my scrimshaw. This is her website, obviously still maintained by leverguns.com (c) because Paco Kelly was a friend of Twyla's husband and why not keep her work alive?
Scrimshaw By Twyla
Twyla did the Vaqueros with the stars - I do not recall the name of the lady who did the eagles:
These all were lost in my 2018 fire:
Twyla did the salt and pepper shakers (giraffe bone) and ivory knife with the prospector on one side and the wolf on the other. The other items I purchased already done except the Swiss Army knife. The scales on it were warped so I bought ivory scales for it on a trip to Martha's Vineyard in the 1990s and that seller sent it to his scrimshander for the whaling scenes. Several of those other items were purchased on that trip as well.
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05-09-2024, 02:49 PM
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I wasn’t really ever around scrimshaw until I met my wife. She carved and scrim’d and I got interested. I prefer the “traditional” monochrome as opposed to vibrant colors.
Her mom also practiced the art but did everything by hand. My wife ended up going to a Foredom and GraverMeister. I did the prep/finish and many of the initial drawings. It was fun, and a great way to make extra money in the winter. Most pieces were sold to the visiting summer tourists.
The walrus tusk is 19” long and she gave it to me for my birthday one year. Gold miners were a popular theme and I epoxied tiny gold nuggets into the gold pans. The eagle was for my dad and after he passed I got it back.
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05-09-2024, 04:03 PM
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I have more stuff that is not photographed, mostly knives, so I will start with a Smith & Wesson Model 544 Deluxe.
The Deluxe version of the Model 544 Texas Sesquicentennial Commerative revolver (often called the Texas Wagon Train) left the Factory with these hand scrimshawed African Elephant Grips. I can not recall the name of the artist
The grips on the 10MM Auto 1911 Long Slide that I built almost a decade ago were scrimshawed by Esmerelda O'Sheen. I named the firearm THOR which explains THOR's Hammer on the grip panels
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05-09-2024, 04:51 PM
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Here's a piece by the late Ric Bowles the 'scratcher' for many years at Randall knives.I'm going to add a 40th anniversary model from George Herron as well. The 'scratcher' is from Ohio - Sarah Brady.
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I just absolutely admire the talent of the scrimshanders. I can't draw a straight line without a protractor or scale.
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05-09-2024, 10:50 PM
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I can't draw a straight line without a protractor or scale.
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I took an art class in college and the teacher was a little German lady. The first class she asked us who could draw a straight line. Myself and a couple of others raised our hands. She told us we need to leave the class, there is no straight lines in art.
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