Blog: Beat Surrender

You learn something new every day so it’s said, so today I learnt a little about the art of carving or incising intricate designs on whalebone or whale ivory - Scrimshaw , Nel’s Andrew elaborates: "In the 1800s, whaling voyages would last 3 years or longer; several weeks, sometimes months, could pass between Whale sightings. This gave the whalers a great deal more free time than other sailors of the day. Manuscripts were penned, and finely crafted stories were told in thin line on bone. I imagine it was the romantics, if forced to sea, [...]

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