Do you use any type of magnifying lens or some such when doing this work Aaron?  It is so detailed.

6 hours ago, Cal said:

Do you use any type of magnifying lens or some such when doing this work Aaron?  It is so detailed.

 

Yes sir,...go to page 1 and look for the pic of me using a compass to outline the compass rose.....I use an optivisor...I've got it on in the pic,..you can see part of it.

 

Optivisor Lens Head Magnifier Glasses Magnifying Visor Glass Headband 4 Lenses - Walmart.com - Walmart.com

 

 

..........their worth every penny, I use them when carving or anything else that's very detailed. Can't beat'em.  

Edited December 17, 20205 yr by aaronc

Last 2 sessions progress...

,..and todays. My script was too large to fit correctly in the cartouche....so there is a series of cheats to get the "Map" word in the cartouche. Basically splitting the difference on every aspect of the layout to make it not as noticeable as possible. ...done by hand...going to be some made by hand fixes in the mix. 

 

Got the little "of" in there...and line laid for "KENTUCKY" for next session

 

I like my pencil deadly sharp,..if not it gets in it's own way 

"KENTUCKE" has been penciled and scratched in this morning....its officially a kentucky map horn now

The abbreviated version of this has been scratched,...we'll throw some ink down in a few days to see what we got. Will be some touch up to do and still some shading and just a few details on the cartouche itself. Over the hump though.

That is alot of work, looks fantastic though.  

37 minutes ago, Gunny said:

That is alot of work, looks fantastic though.  

 

Thanks gunny man...it'll pop better once I get some ink laid down. Yes it's a crazy amount of work,..figure I might as well see what I can do every now and then 

Amazing work, Aaron! Fascinating and as, Gunny said, fantastic.

That is a piece of art in progress, looking forward to some ink!

 

As a side question, do you know why the letter F was used a lot instead of the S?  It seems like I have seen it mostly when the S was not used at all, only F in it's place, but I may be mistaken on that.  In your source document they used both.

13 hours ago, Cal said:

That is a piece of art in progress, looking forward to some ink!

 

As a side question, do you know why the letter F was used a lot instead of the S?  It seems like I have seen it mostly when the S was not used at all, only F in it's place, but I may be mistaken on that.  In your source document they used both.

 

   Good question and no I do not lol....but it is very common for at least the Revolution era stuff that I am acquainted with...the original horns have various styles of script and quality but it is found on plenty of them....I would say extremely common for the time.  As to exactly when it became "the standard" and when it went out of style I'm not sure.

   I personally use it quite often even if it isn't a direct quote or source I'm working with...it is just one of the ways to add historical correctness and age to whatever I'm doing. The illiteracy rate was through the roof in those days as well....I do my share of purposeful misspelling in scrimshaw too. Not to mention all the legit misspelling I do in real life 

,...and unless plans change I'm throwin down some ink tomorrow 

First pass of ink over all this script...and newer part of cartouche. Have some touch up and going over to do but heavy work is done here. Will finish this next few sessions then on to map details.

 

 

Just awesome work, love this project!  

Just now, Gunny said:

Just awesome work, love this project!  

 

 

Thanks,..glad I'm on fire and you ain't    

Holy cow Aaron, you are on fire! 

What will you do, if anything, to age it and give it the overall appearance of an old piece?  Not wanting to skip ahead, so if you will be showing that also, great!

27 minutes ago, Cal said:

Holy cow Aaron, you are on fire! 

What will you do, if anything, to age it and give it the overall appearance of an old piece?  Not wanting to skip ahead, so if you will be showing that also, great!

 

As slow as I work I'm probably more of a slow burn ....but yes the horns can be "antiqued". We usually use dye,...but whatever anyone wants to use is fine. This one will be left "in the white" as is and once scrimshaw is done it will be complete. 

That is an awesome looking piece.

6 minutes ago, DuckSoup said:

That is an awesome looking piece.

 

 

Thank you...it is my most "extensive" scrimshaw thus far.

Went over the scroll "his horn" section today and the compass rose...basically shading and making darker what I needed to. The previous  pics of the scroll was my first pass sort of speak,..today was the shading that hopefully makes it pop and gives more of a 3D effect. Have some ink drying on it at this time and we we'll see what we have later tonight