Best scrimshaws?

[Joss]

Hi,

Who do you think makes the best scrimshaws, Rick Fields, Garbo? Who else?

JD

 

[nifrand]

IMO Rick was one of the best.
Linda Karst,Hergert,Beauchamp and Jaunita Conover are some of my favs.
Heres a pic of Jaunitas work.

 

[Joss]

Originally posted by nifrand
Rick was one of the best.

Was???

 

[Phillip Jones]

Joss,

Rick Fields died a while back.
That is what nifrand was implying with the "was" statement.

 

[Joss]

Wow... I didn't know. No wonder I couldn't find much about him online. This is a big loss. Who is the best living scrimshander nowadays?

JD

 

[Neil Ostroff]

Here is an example of LINDA KARST STONE'S work on a Stan Fujisaka folder.

Neil

 

[nifrand]

Joss; It will be someones opinion as to who is the best today.There are a lot of supurb Scrimshanders out there.

 

[DC KNIVES]

Linda Karst and Faustina Mead do some incredible work.My cousin Harry Mendenhall also did some excellant work but sadly has also passed on.Here's some of his work.Dave

 

[Joss]

Neil,

This is a very interesting folder. The mokume, the damascus, and the spacer are all very unusual. Thanks for sharing.

JD