Thread: Carving Ivory Scales

I'm hooked

See what you did .......... now every Tom, Dick and Harry is going to be carving ivory scales, scrimshawing them, and pinning them collarless !! ........

Thanks for the writeup, great tutorial.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

See what you did .......... now every Tom, Dick and Harry is going to be carving ivory scales, scrimshawing them, and pinning them collarless !! ........

Thanks for the writeup, great tutorial.

You're welcome!
But it's not like this is anything new. These scales have been done for how long?
I'm certainly not the first.
And this info has been around for decades ?

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

See what you did .......... now every Tom, Dick and Harry is going to be carving ivory scales, scrimshawing them, and pinning them collarless !! ........

Thanks for the writeup, great tutorial.

Frankly you could be right, but it's been two months now with no smokes, huffing on this e-cigarette thing (quite like it!), and hop on this thread and see a bunch of wood getting drawn on, then see the lighter, totally triggered for a smoke!!!

Who knew you could carve a Bic lighter out of Ivory!!!!!!

Where do you buy ivory?

Originally Posted by mycarver

Hehehe! Yeah, how about it. A silly world? Yup. A silly button? For sure! Who knew one thing such as that button was more important than any work that gets shown to possibly ignite an idea in someone's mind?
Well it is what it is and obviously I found the button. That's the most important thing I guess .

Nice work, Mark. Excellent tutorial. Easy to hit that like and thanks as guys are complementing your work, eh? Not really the most important thing, however.
Liking, thanking, commenting, providing advise and encouragement, engaging in conversations on OTHER people's work might be a good next move to become a participant here and not just a simple 'self-promoter'. More guys here than just you! Food for thought. YMMV

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Nice work, Mark. Excellent tutorial. Easy to hit that like and thanks as guys are complementing your work, eh? Not really the most important thing, however.
Liking, thanking, commenting, providing advise and encouragement, engaging in conversations on OTHER people's work might be a good next move to become a participant here and not just a simple 'self-promoter'. More guys here than just you! Food for thought. YMMV

That's cool , I get it. Always have. And like I basically said here " try it, you may like it". Plenty of talent on the site that's for sure!
Now to just find the time to surf it as my "leisure time" is severely limited.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Nice work, Mark. Excellent tutorial. Easy to hit that like and thanks as guys are complementing your work, eh? Not really the most important thing, however.
Liking, thanking, commenting, providing advise and encouragement, engaging in conversations on OTHER people's work might be a good next move to become a participant here and not just a simple 'self-promoter'. More guys here than just you! Food for thought. YMMV

Stop. Just stop.

Mark, I appreciate your work and may only "like" it on one forum. I have been watching your progress for a few years now and its limit is is not yet reached. Keep us wondering "What is Next." Spending the time on line that I do as a retiree, I understand that you cannot be everywhere at once. A thanks, like, or PM to someone coming along will help them greatly.

You have opened up a large area of design and specialty which you personally will find it impossible to fill. It will take many people that still have to learn and be appreciated to fulfill those gaps with reasonable cost quality work.

I say these things from watching where custom and art knives have come over the last thirty years. There is a level for every player. Whether Straights will go so far, I do not know but the wish for exceptional items for pride of ownership and even investment is increasing.

Wishing I could afford your work!
~Richard
PS. Keep them coming!

Originally Posted by Steel

I remember the flack you got for not hitting a "thanks" button enough times. Silly world we live in. Maybe we should all be hitting the "thanks" button a bit more.

Originally Posted by Steel

Stop. Just stop.

Moi? .......................

Nothing wrong with attempting to get Mark to participate more in the forum, IMO.
Frankly, I feel he has LOTS more to offer than his (outstanding) work.
No hard feelings whatsoever!