Popular Post aaronc Posted April 20, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 This is my just started current scrimshaw project. Subject matter happens to be a 1784 Kentucke Territory map. The map is the work of a gentleman named John Filson, and as per the fancy cartouche title it was presented to the Congress but more specifically George Washington. It states "Late" commander of the army so he was no longer an active General but this was also before he was president.........things were just getting going . This is some really cool subject matter,...time period couldn't be better. Kentucky wasn't a sate until 1792,....this is still the frontier. We had just licked the red-coats,...kentucky long rifles were still the king,....scrimshawed powder horns were their constant companion,....and when you went to the outhouse you better have one eye out for injuns Al B, Thad, HARO50 and 9 others 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunny Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 Interesting piece of history Cal, Gene Howe and FlGatorwood 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 This ought to be good, hope you take us along for the whole journey... Thad, FlGatorwood, Gunny and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronc Posted April 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 55 minutes ago, Cal said: This ought to be good, hope you take us along for the whole journey... Can do. Gene Howe, FlGatorwood, Cal and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post aaronc Posted May 21, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted May 21, 2020 (edited) Welp Gent's,..per Cal's request I'll go ahead and make this a little "build thread" on some scrimshaw if you like. I kinda have just taken a light week or 2 off from my swing at being a scrimshander,..really this initial sketchy outline of the cartouche was just simply kickin my tail. Anyway,...I at least got it boxed in and a once over with the tool on everything shown. No way this will be a bench copy of this image,..way too complicated for my skills...but it is one of the main points of the work so there is much more on it to come. I had 3 sides drawn,..so today I finished to 4th side of the cartouche and then went over all of it with the scrimshaw tool. Next time it'll be pick up the pencil and add more drawing. Spent about 2.5 hours on it today. Probably got a good 4 or 5 hours in it on previous sessions....I've done some erasing I know it doesn't look like close to 8 hours work,..but it is. That's not counting the chair time I spend with a horn at night laying stuff out in my head before I ever put a pencil on it The thing is with these horns,...they have an obvious strong taper,....so something like a "boxy" kinda image sometimes has to have a slant to it as well or you end up with a am image that just doesn't look right on a nice curvy horn,..at least to me. So here is some pics,....First one is of the sketch before scratching and you can figure it out from there. As I move along I am constantly holding the horn up to natural light to make sure I haven't missed any lines. Edited May 21, 2020 by aaronc FrederickH, Artie, HARO50 and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Howe Posted May 21, 2020 Report Share Posted May 21, 2020 Very precise and exacting work, Aaron. Your hours of contemplation are paying off. A great start to another beauty. aaronc, Gunny, FlGatorwood and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted May 21, 2020 Report Share Posted May 21, 2020 Great start, indeed. What is the tool that you are using? aaronc, FlGatorwood and Gunny 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronc Posted May 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 12 hours ago, Cal said: Great start, indeed. What is the tool that you are using? https://www.ebay.com/str/coulterprecision I have 3 different ones,...plan to get a few more . Gunny, Cal, Gene Howe and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post aaronc Posted July 16, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 Back on this a little the last few days. Compass rose has been penciled and scratched,..more shading to add later. The little scroll cartouche is just penciled at the moment. In it will go the owner's name as follows... "John Doe His Horn" on 2 separate lines. It was very common on the originals for "His Horn" to follow the owners name,...just how they did it Still a lot of detail to add to the main cartouche box,....but it is at least framed in. Here's a few progress pics Thad, FrederickH, Gunny and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunny Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 That looks like very tedious work. Great looking work!! FlGatorwood, Cal and aaronc 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post John Morris Posted July 16, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 Aaron, flat out cool work, so the scroll cartouche, will that have only the two lines in it? I first looked at it and thought, all that writing in the original surely can't fit into that little box. But hey, with your skills, who knows. I purchased a poor boy horn from October Country awhile back, no where nears the quality you and Bill are putting out, but for a starter in the black powder shooting craft it'll do me fine for now in the field. When I know what I am doing, I would like to have a horn with meaning, "John Morris~His Horn" does sound cool. You and Bill will be hearing from me in the not so distant future! aaronc, HARO50, Gene Howe and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronc Posted July 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 1 hour ago, John Morris said: Aaron, flat out cool work, so the scroll cartouche, will that have only the two lines in it? I first looked at it and thought, all that writing in the original surely can't fit into that little box. But hey, with your skills, who knows. I purchased a poor boy horn from October Country awhile back, no where nears the quality you and Bill are putting out, but for a starter in the black powder shooting craft it'll do me fine for now in the field. When I know what I am doing, I would like to have a horn with meaning, "John Morris~His Horn" does sound cool. You and Bill will be hearing from me in the not so distant future! That is correct "Owners Name" and then under it will be " His Horn"..in the scroll cartouche. I'll post a couple examples of originals. It was extremely common back then and the contemporary guys do it today. ,....And Nosireee could I fit all that script in that little bitty box. The large cartouche will have some of the original script in it,..and I'm gonna do my best to make it accurate. "This Map",..Washington's name,...Filson's (the mapmaker) name,..and enough extra to make sense. On a side note,..in the scroll cartouche..count about 3 lines down and who's name do you see..Col. Dan Boon. He and the map maker John Filson were actually companions and Filson was the first or one of the first to put events in DB's life into print. This map just oooozes coolness for me Certainly nothing wrong with any horn,...all them rebels were poor,...many horns weren't scrimshawed at all. Bill is still cranking them out at the moment,..I think he plans to run at least a few more years,..one never knows. I've got this horn,...2 more in hand,..and pretty much committed to a 4th to scrimshaw,...not exactly sure how that happened. Basically I'm about 6 months deep. I'm going to get caught up and just get back to doing simpler quality work for Bill....I really don't enjoy a backlog. I just turned down a couple this week,....but when you get ready down the road get with me and I'll try not to leave you hanging Cal, HARO50, FlGatorwood and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post aaronc Posted July 16, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 ,........His Horn examples p_toad, Cal, HARO50 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 I love these short illustrated history lessons Aaron FlGatorwood, HARO50 and aaronc 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post aaronc Posted July 17, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 57 minutes ago, Cal said: I love these short illustrated history lessons Aaron Yes sir,....I never would buy a book without pictures.... FlGatorwood, Gene Howe, Cal and 2 others 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post aaronc Posted August 5, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 5, 2020 Got a few more sessions in,..it's looking a little more "mappy" or is it "mappee" ,...anyway,..a little more like a map horn. I figure I have about 1/2 the map part roughed out. It's all only sketched and scratched so far,..no ink down yet. Cal, HARO50, Gunny and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunny Posted August 5, 2020 Report Share Posted August 5, 2020 Wow that looks great so far! aaronc and FlGatorwood 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted August 6, 2020 Report Share Posted August 6, 2020 13 hours ago, Gunny said: Wow that looks great so far! I second that! FlGatorwood, aaronc and Gunny 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Howe Posted August 6, 2020 Report Share Posted August 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Cal said: I second that! So do I! Or, should it be that I third it? In any case, it's gonna be another masterpiece. aaronc and FlGatorwood 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post aaronc Posted September 18, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted September 18, 2020 Got in 3 days this week,..not full days but you know,.... got to spend some time on this 3x ,....So I think I really only have 1 large leg of this map to get down. I'll have to double check that but that's where I think I'm at. After that I'll finish up the cartouche box,.....then we'll do our first inking Everything shown has been gone over with the scrimshaw tool. FlGatorwood, forty_caliber, HARO50 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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