Kinda different scrimshaw

[pajeepman]

My wife does scrimshaw work, not the "period correct" type necessarily. We have been to the Dixons gun fair and the one last year(came home with about 40 horns) and I would love to see her try the kind you would expect on a powder horn.
Thought I would post 1 she did recently to see what everybody thinks. She does it all freehand, no stencils. She also does pyrography on walking sticks.

 

[64Springer]

Must have been a real hoot to make.

 

[deerstalkert]

OWL be the first to say that is beautiful!

 

[Brazos John]

Very nice!
With her skill, if she decides to try historical horns, I bet they would be great!
Keep us posted of the progress on your 40 horns!

 

[pajeepman]

Very nice!
With her skill, if she decides to try historical horns, I bet they would be great!
Keep us posted of the progress on your 40 horns!

There are 20 in our living room on the sofa table carved. She has probably done 200 horns.

Last summer while on vacation in Bar Harbor, Maine, my wife talked to the gentleman who had the scrimshaw shop in town for years. He didn't do horns, but knifes, buttons, pens, all kind of other things. He was dumbfounded at the pieces he showed her and the fact that she did it all freehand.

 

[Brazos John]

We would love to see more photos!

 

[oldwood]

Owl agree , that's nice. Wish I was younger , Id'e order one from her.

 

[rusticbob]

She is a keeper!

 

[BillKilgore]

The owl is incredible. I too would like to see more of her work.

 

[RMH]

I would love to see more. She is a very talented lady.

 

[andy52]

Personally, I would consider any animal that was around in the 18th and 19th centuries to be HC.
Who knows what someone did with their personal horn back then?
I admire her work it is very well executed.

 

[PathfinderNC]

She’s very good! I bet her artistic skills could translate very well into Pen and Ink drawings. Her slight use of color in the eyes and the white ink highlights make it jump out even more. There are several Facebook groups for Powderhorns where she would definitely meet similar style artists!

 

[Kmcmichael]

Someone with that talent probably should not constrain themselves to being historical As defined by someone else. At that level of artistry, you should do what your mind or the medium dictates.
‘Very interesting it is.

 

[Tenring]

If you get a chance to share more pictures of the other work that would be great would enjoy seeing them. Really Talented for sure.

 

[Rebel bull]

Personally, I would consider any animal that was around in the 18th and 19th centuries to be HC.
Who knows what someone did with their personal horn back then?
I admire her work it is very well executed.

I agree why is it that to be " historically " correct all the scratching, with the exception of maps which are still pretty accurate the drawings are a caricature of all the animals and people? i agree that the average person workman may not have been able to draw a correct picture of a animal or person but that doesn't make her horn any less correct.

 

[user 48679]

Her scrim work is impressive - please pass our kudos on to her !

 

[Uncle Miltie]

Now I'm gonna be a troll and say I was told years ago by a prominent collector of original horns that scrimshaw is a proper term for engraving done on whale's teeth. When done on powder horns it is called engraving. Erstwhile troll here signing out....

 

[2 shots]

more pics please

 

[HSmithTX]

I think that is VERY good work. I would be proud as heck to own that, traditional scrim or not.

 

[Terrier]

Nice work... More, please! (if it's not too much trouble...)

I really like scrimshaw on powder horns...