Back in the work shop, chasing steel in the river.

Home Products Scrimshaw, starting at $75.
Scrimshaw, starting at $75.
Scrimshaw of trout rising to dryfly, inset into landing net handle.
Close up of scrimshaw of dry fly inset into a fly fishing net handle.
Selection of scrimshaw etching of dry fly, on piano keys.
Scrimshaw, starting at $75.
Scrimshaw, starting at $75.
Scrimshaw of trout rising to dryfly, inset into landing net handle.
Close up of scrimshaw of dry fly inset into a fly fishing net handle.
Selection of scrimshaw etching of dry fly, on piano keys.
Scrimshaw, starting at $75.

Scrimshaw, starting at $75.

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Price range: $75- $200, depending on size and complexity

I had an Uncle who walk over much of Wisconsin as a field archeologist looking for the stone artifacts left by its native peoples.  One of the most common tools that he would find were engravers used to decorate the items of daily life. 

The Scrimshaw is an extension of that art form. Fine tool lines incised into bone or ivory are then darkened with soot or ink. I have added this detail to my nets, mostly because it was fun and delighted my eye. I like to think that our distant grand fathers and mothers enjoyed this enhancement in the same way.