Category: Scrimshaw Kits

If you have ever wanted to learn how to scrimshaw, these kits give you everything you need to begin the fascinating craft of scrimshaw. Tools and instructions included so you can create your own piece of history. Both modern (acrylic) and “scrap” ivory polished to a high sheen allows you to learn before you “commit” to the final piece. Don’t worry, if you make a mistake you can sand down, polish and start again.

Scrimshaw Kit – Classic Black and White

Scrimshaw Kit – Classic Black and White

Scrimshaw Kit ContentsNOTE: We’re currently sold out of our scrimshaw kits, but we’re heading out to get more materials, and should be actively selling kits again by the third week in August, 2012.  If you can’t wait ’til then, please visit our friends on the west coast Boone Trading Co. (boonetrading.com) for similar kits.  Tell them Scrimshaw.com sent you – they are very nice people and a pleasure to work with. 

Create a piece of history with scrimshaw!  Scrimshaw is known as the “true American artform”.  Using basic tools and whale teeth or bone, sailors would wile away their idle time creating beautiful works of art, from their own observations, imagination or from artwork of the day.  Today, with finer points and better polishing techniques, the level of detail has become stunning.  Can’t draw?  No problem! Our kit comes with complete instructions so you can transfer nearly any image onto the supplied mammoth ivory or other materials to create your own work of art to wear, give as a gift or sell!

Our scrimshaw kits have everything you need to get started in this fascinating art.

  •  A beginner’s scrimshaw tool
  • “Scrap” ivory (like the one the kraken is being done on),
  • Ink
  • White Acrylic sheet for practice and reference
  • Free form mammoth ivory pre-drilled with necklace
  • Ink
  • toothpicks for precise placement of ink
  • Excerpt from “Scrimshaw? But I Can’t Draw!” – Chapter 5
  • “The Brum Scrimshaw Technique (and other techniques)”
  • source for more mammoth ivory and other items to scrimshaw

You can easily learn how to scrimshaw with this complete kit.  Not intended for children under 12.

We offer a thirty day money back guarantee on our products – even if you’ve tried it and decided you don’t have the patience for it. “Why would you want a used product back?” you may ask. The answer is simple: we can sand down and polish most of the  ivory and re-use it elsewhere (for inlay, jewelry, etc.). If you decide you wish to return the product within thirty days, here’s what you need to do:
simply email aperkins@scrimshaw.com and request an RMA# (Return Material Authorization Number). Once you have this, return EVERYTHING to us (yes, even the pieces you’ve scrimmed), and we will refund your money, less shipping and handling. US only. Sorry, no export.