If the horn is highly polished, that happens. I usually scuff the horn with 220 grip sandpaper to give some "tooth"; far less 'scribe skids' .Beautiful work, thanks for the image tutorial.
I do good at the sketching, but it's the engraving that gets me in trouble.
Inevitably when I get a good line going my awl or scribe skids across the horn like a pickup with bald tires on an ice covered road.
I'm not sure if it's technique or improper tools but much like the truck, it ends up turning into a wreck.......but I keep trying.
I've noticed that. Also the whiter and more opaque areas are a bit softer than the beige and are easier to scribe.
I’ll start off saying you are a true artist.
Thank you!
Thank you Bob, like everyone is saying you are an artist! I'll have to get my horn out and fool around some more!I actually remembered to take a few photos of the basic steps I took in doing a simple Hunter's Star.
Hope that these easy-to-do steps might be helpful for anyone wanting to so some basic engraving.
I think the pictures are pretty self-explanatory.
Give it a try- that's how we learn
Thank you for posting this, I've just start my first first attempt at scrimshaw, and the area I sanded down was so much easier to work on.
Great!
Thank you
