etched on ecru tooth or tusk born of boredom and bloodlust sailors scrape the ships at sea fabulous frigates fast and free ever sailing n'er to sink pipe ash used they had no ink whales weren't wasted their tooths a part of this great seafaring
art.
I have done skrimshaw. I never used illegal ivory. But if I did it today, I'd use ivory nuts! (A seed that is large and has all the properties of real ivory)