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    Engraving ivory

    Yes. It’s a duck call I carved a few years ago. I typically inlay ivory or antler and scrimshaw them. I have not tried a graver on ivory. I suspect it would work fine but you wouldn’t need any power because it’s so soft, relatively speaking.
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    Engraving ivory

    I’ve done quite a bit of it, including on piano keys, which are pretty thin. I use a carbide point and black oil paint.
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    Scrimshaw/Bulino?

    Thank you. How would I determine if a practice plate was dark metal? This is just on a practice plate I got from Jake Newell quite few years ago. But I don't know what it is. I'd like to try a bright metal if single point engraving would show up better. I appreciate the insights.
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    Scrimshaw/Bulino?

    Thank you, John. The bottom angle is 70 degrees. I made the face 45.
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    Scrimshaw/Bulino?

    Hi. I have done a good deal of scrimshaw over the years, and I've taken some engraving lessons, read posts on this forum, as well as watched Sam's Bulino DVD. But I have only recently attempted to do an image on metal. The technique I used was purely dot scrimshaw, which figured would not yield...
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