[CaptLego]

Originally Posted by messenger309

I don't remember the exact company I ordered from, but it was a billiards supply company. If you google faux or imitation ivory you'll find it. A lot of custom knife and gun supply sites also have it. I'll see if I can find my invoice. I'll post pics later of the equipment I have used, you need a very good mitre saw or a lathe for cutting the chips and a bench grinder with polishing supplies. Scrimshawing is very difficult, go to antiquegamblingchips and pick a very basic design. Straight lines are good, curves are bad.

One alternative to scrimshaw by hand would be to use a hotstamping machine. You can use these with a custom die to deboss and imprint the image at the same time. not cheap though.

Rob

This sounds pretty interesting. Please post pics when you can.
How about doing the scrimshaw work with a CNC engraving machine?