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Scrimshaw powder horn
Lee Slikkers:
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--- Quote from: Lee Slikkers on February 24, 2011, 03:24:32 pm ---Cool! Thanks El Destructo
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No Problem...Us Michiganders have to stick together....even if you are a TROLL.....and not a Yooper....you had no choice what side of Da Bridge you was born.... >:D
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Tis True! Would it help to say I've shot more ducks & geese in the UP than I have down here in Holland over the year? LOL What area of do you "hail" from?
El Destructo:
I was born in Ishpeming...in Marquette County...grew up on the Shore of Lake Superior....and now I live in a Friggin Desert...can ya believe it.... >:(
Timo:
Nice scratchin on that horn!
As for those looking for horn, check on your local veterinarian,they de horn throughout the year.just ask if they would keep a few for ya. Most the time they aren't the best for scrimshaw, but still make good horns.
JW_Halverson:
--- Quote from: theleatherk on February 24, 2011, 10:49:49 am ---Stickbender- I will certainly try to scrape/sand it and redo, but I'm not sure how far I'm willing to push it as it is my first piece and I don't want to redo the eagle, mostly... I know all about the preforms, by the way. ;D
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I would encourage you to leave the horn as it is. There is such a thing as "doing it to death". Leave it as is, it's your first, and there will be only one first! Like bows, just grab another and start over with a new vision.
By the way, do you do pen and ink sketches or pencil sketches? If you do, I want to send you some photos and have you render them in p&i or pencil for me. If they work out, I'll have you do them on a powderhorn I have ready to be scrimmed. I have a friend that is not long for this world and I want her portrait on a horn.
Thanks,
John
theleatherk:
John,
I haven't sketched in ages but am pretty good with both pen and ink and pencil. Either way, send the pics to my email (laveykm@gmail.com) and I'll get started on them! I would love to help you!
Kylie
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