How to Scrimshaw a Puffin

Parts 1 & 2

How to scrimshaw a whale's tooth, the next level: carving a puffin! First, Brian carves the whale's tooth into the form of a puffin. In the next video Brian will scrimshaw the details onto the puffin figurine. This is a slightly advanced level of scrimshaw.

You're probably also interested in our Comprehensive Scrimshaw Tutorial for Tools and Techniques:

And Scrimshawing a Whale on a Whale Tooth (Your First Scrimshaw Project):

And all of the rest of our scrimshaw videos in this playlist:

This is the only scrimshaw tool you actually need:

Of course, not everyone has a whale tooth hanging around for scrimshawing, and anyway there are laws governing ivory, particularly elephant ivory, that you can research on your own. You can sometimes find existing ivory in antique stores: elephant, walrus, warthog, hippopotamus and even mammoth tusks; and whale and elk teeth. "Existing" being the key word.

You do not need ivory to scrimshaw, though. You can scrimshaw on antler (moose, deer) and bones. Turkey bones are a great material to practice scrimshaw on. You can even use cow bones sold cheaply as dog chews. And then there's commodite, AKA Johnstone. You can figure out what that one is yourself. (Hint: It's porcelain.)

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