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Old 02-07-2010, 01:00 AM
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Hi all just saying hi.Have been doing scrim for 30yrs for friends and maritime museum but nothing to serious.I use to watch my grandmother do whale teeth when i was young.Just seeing some of the albums make me envious of the quality of work.
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Old 02-07-2010, 02:57 AM
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Hey trackerscout, welcome ! Can you show us some of your scrim-work ? Just curious, as I 'm making my first attempts on scrim an engraving too. The problem here in Belgium is to find some good (legal) cleaned bone, ivory or tooth material to work with ! A butcher gave me a fresh cow bone last year, but it was a hell of a mess to clean and de-grease it. A very demotivating experience for a 'newbee' scrimmer. Kind regards, Paulsph
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Old 02-07-2010, 05:56 AM
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Hi Trackerscout,

Where in Oz are you? There are a few members here from Australia so you may have some local company to network with.

Catch you soon,
Roger
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Old 02-07-2010, 08:04 PM
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PAULSPH,

If you want to do some scrim practice, try doing it on tagua nut. Here is a link: http://www.scrimshaw.com/faq.html
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Old 02-11-2010, 12:42 AM
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PAULSPH,

If you want to do some scrim practice, try doing it on tagua nut. Here is a link: http://www.scrimshaw.com/faq.html
Thank you for the good tip, Roger! Scrimshaw-practise on Tagua nuts, at least a good alternative instead of messing up some rare to find 'legal ivory' !! ...However, it seems Tagua nuts are not easy to find over here in Europe.
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