Scrimshaw'd Mnandi........the scrimshaw is NSFW

[corwise]

A few years ago I saw a pic of a scrimshaw'd Sebenza, and it became my grail. Of course, as grails go, it had already been bought and hasn't shown up since, so I started keeping my eye out for a nice ivory sebenza that I could get done myself. Unfortunately, those are also very rare, and CRK told me they weren't making them any more, so when I saw a very nice ivory Mnandi on the exchange I picked it up. I sent it to Ron Luebke, the guy who had done the Sebenza, along with an assortment of photos that I thought would look good. And yes, since it's scrimshaw, it has to be a naked girl, that's just one of those rules.
Anyway, a few days ago I received the finished product.



And since some people are always curious, the Mnandi set me back $600, the scrimshaw was another $400. And I'm done buy knives for the year. Worth it.

 

[rolexkid]

damn! that's cool.....

 

[Janv]

Wow, it is almost photo realistic. Is that by hand?

 

[daisy cutter]

that's freakin sweet!

 

[mwschilling]

That's beautiful!!!

 

[Kenny_Powers]

Awesome!

 

[Maprik]

That is frickin unbelievable!!! Is this done by hand or by a machine?

 

[Locutus D'Borg]

Awesome. And the knife is sweet, too.

 

[CMD2569]

Very cool indeed... Congratulations!

 

[Tripton]

I love it.

 

[matt1987]

Nice! Do you happen to have any pics or a link with the Sebenza?

 

[corwise]

That is frickin unbelievable!!! Is this done by hand or by a machine?

Done by hand. He took the photo I sent him (which I can't post here) and tweaked it just a tad, shifted the pose a bit.

Nice! Do you happen to have any pics or a link with the Sebenza?

Here's the Sebenza I saw. Done by the same guy.



The scrimshawer (is that the right word) is Ron Luebke, you can find more of his stuff here: http://rlmagic.com/scrim/scrimhome.htm. Good stuff, nice guy, took him a little over a month.

 

[matt1987]

That really fits well with the damascus. Thanks for the pics and info.

 

[sk8n]

The scrimshawer (is that the right word) is Ron Luebke, you can find more of his stuff here: http://rlmagic.com/scrim/scrimhome.htm. Good stuff, nice guy, took him a little over a month.

Thanks for posting, exquisite. Btw, the term for a scrimshaw artist is scrimshander. I have seriously considered having this done but have had a difficult time deciding on a subject matter.

 

[Haze]

That is some very nice work making for a very nice Mnandi. :thumbup:

 

[dragonist2]

WOW! That is so cool!

 

[Maprik]

That artist needs to have some work displayed at the Louvre!

 

[getout87]

Now I want an ivory mnandi so that I can get a naked woman on it. Great great piece you have there.

 

[김원진]

congrats on finally getting your scrimshaw :thumbup:

 

[frontline29]

I can't say I've ever seen a Mnandi that turns me on as much as this one!

That's definitely the most beautiful Mnandi I've ever seen.

Great work.