Tried my hand at some scrimshaw...

[WValtakis]

Old piano key inlay on a Böker Gamma, pretty pleased with my first try at scratching ivory

 

[Ajack60]

Looks good.
The pattern is sweet.

 

[bflying]

Looks great! And I never would have thought of popping piano keys for an ivory source.

 

[WValtakis]

Looks good.
The pattern is sweet.

Thanks! Just something I sketched up to fill the space

Looks great! And I never would have thought of popping piano keys for an ivory source.

Yeah, a coworker gave me a bag

 

[wardcleaver]

Nice work!

 

[khopesh]

Looks great. I have that same ceramic boker from when I was a kid. That update give it a great new look.

 

[duramax]

Very nice ! Great job

 

[WValtakis]

Thanks guys

 

[ecallahan]

I think it looks great.

 

[WValtakis]

Was trying out a faceted point geometry, but had some tracking problems that gave me a little squiggle in the outlines Changed back to a round point, and tried out some cross hatching instead of stippling for the background...

 

[WValtakis]

 

[WValtakis]

 

[pshn60]

Really nice! Ive been whittling/carving for a few years and I wish I had your talent

 

[r8shell]

That looks fantastic!

 

[WValtakis]

That looks fantastic!

Thanks! I know you dabble in scrimshaw too, I've seen some fine work from you as well

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

Man I love the look of that. What materials other than ivory can you Scrimshaw?

 

[WValtakis]

Man I love the look of that. What materials other than ivory can you Scrimshaw?

Pretty much anything that will take a clean scratch I imagine, so nothing particularly fibrous. I've seen scrimshaw on most of the ivory substitutes, various horn, paper micarta, etc.

 

[r8shell]

Man I love the look of that. What materials other than ivory can you Scrimshaw?

Pretty much anything that will take a clean scratch I imagine, so nothing particularly fibrous. I've seen scrimshaw on most of the ivory substitutes, various horn, paper micarta, etc.

Smooth bone works well.

 

[WValtakis]

Smooth bone works well.

Can't believe I forgot that, I've seen beautiful work by you on smooth bone

 

[r8shell]

Can't believe I forgot that, I've seen beautiful work by you on smooth bone

Thank you.