by Jim Stevens. Softbound, 160 pages, 8-1/2" x 11". This guide is a dazzling showcase of this uniquely American artform. The pages are filled with tips, techniques, and insights that both educate and demonstrate the steps to creating authentic and beautiful scrimshaw. An examination of ivory substitutes, including bone, horn, and nuts. Without question, this is the most complete technical and aesthetic book ever written in the field. Over 200 color photographs, this step-by-step guide adresses scrimshaw tools, patterns, inking, and inlays.