Scrimshaw Knife

Scrimshaw Knife Information
Category	Fluff
Class	Weapon
Type	Crafting
Tiers	11
How to Unlock	Certificate
Item Restrictions	✓

Verbs Used
CARVE CLENCH CUT FLIP GAZE INSPECT PEDAL POINT POKE SPIN TOUCH TURN TWIST WAVE

The scrimshaw Knife is a fluff crafting script that applies to weapon items. It was originally released at Ebon Gate 2024. It carves bones, horns, antlers, tusks, and teeth into Weaveable Items. Unlocks add beads, hairsticks, Lock Mastery clasps, creature harvesting, and design templates.

Analyze

You analyze the steel knife and sense that the creator has provided the following information:
        -- Scrimshaw Knife--
  This steel knife lets you take bones, antlers, horns, fangs, and teeth and turn them into Weaveable Items.  You can carve designs into them as well.
  If unlocked, it can also let you harvest bones, claws/talons, antlers/horns, and hooves from certain creatures.  The resulting items can either be Weaveable or skins that can be used in sheath-making.

    ==Alteration Guidelines==
  * Alterations to the 15/15/15, long and/or show of this steel knife are fine.  It needs to follow dagger-base alteration guidelines.
  * Custom Weaveable Item slots are meant for the adjective of the created item.  They cannot be longer than 15 characters and should describe how the item is designed, such as a shape, a pattern, a carving style, or the like.  It should feasibly be something that a knife should be able to do to bone (so no colors).
  * Custom Weaveable Bead slots are meant to affect the article (first 15) of the created beads.  They cannot be longer than 15 characters and must include a or an.  This should be something feasible you could affect on the beads with a knife, such as a shape, a pattern, a texture, etc., but no colors.
  * Custom Hairstick slots require the full long description for the hairsticks.  The 15/15/15 of the created hairsticks is always going to be 'a pair of <material> hairsticks' and the custom should not contradict this.  You are able to include placeholders for: hairstick material and the full name of the bone used to make the hairsticks.
  * Custom Lock Mastery clasp slots expect to be provided the noun of the created clasp.  They cannot be longer than 15 characters and should feasibly be something you can clasp a container with.  Only the noun should be provided - no material or color.

    ==Features==
  This steel knife has access to the following verbs: WAVE (target a creature or object to use its likeness in designs), CARVE (carve/transform the item in your other hand), TURN (change the design of the item created through CARVE), SPIN (change what type of item CARVE turns things into), POKE (turn a claw/talon/hoof skin into a Weaveable object), FLIP (change article of Weaveable Item or Lock Mastery clasp), POINT (target a dead creature for potential deboning), TWIST (change targeted bone), CUT (remove bone from targeted creature), CLENCH (switch between getting a Weavable bone or a skin-type bone).
  You can INSPECT the knife to get some information on how the next item created by CARVE will potentially appear.
  TOUCH the knife to a design template to absorb different items to create.  Cutlery design templates can let you use PEDAL on the knife to change the subtype of item created.
  Additionally, you can GAZE at the knife to view any custom settings you have applied.

  Custom Weaveable Item Adjectives: 10 of 10 Unlocked
  Custom Weaveable Bead Articles - 10 of 10 Unlocked
  Custom Hairsticks Designs - 10 of 10 Unlocked
  Custom Lock Mastery Clasp Nouns - 10 of 10 Unlocked
  Design Template: Cutlery [10 of 10 Customs Unlock, TOUCH the knife to a design to change]

You can tell that the knife is as light as it can get.

Usage Information

Off the Shelf

When purchased off the shelf, a scrimshaw knife can turn a bone, tooth, fang, molar, incisor, carnassial, tusk, horn, antler, or vertebra held in the other hand into a Weaveable Item. WAVE the knife at a creature or object to store its noun for use in certain designs (ex. kobold-carved). CARVE must be repeated within 30 seconds to confirm, and INSPECT previews the next item.

Verb	Mode	First	Third
CARVE	Preview	As you bring the steel knife close to the yellowed bone, you pause a moment to contemplate your actions. The resulting Weaveable Item will show up as: a scrimshawed bone. If this is fine, repeat this action in the next 30 seconds. Roundtime: 5 sec.	N/A
CARVE	Confirm	Deftly taking the steel knife in one hand, you run the edge of it across the surface of the yellowed bone, skillfully working at carving a design into the surface. Before long you are left with a scrimshawed bone.	Deftly taking the steel knife in one hand, (Name) runs the edge of it across the surface of the yellowed bone, skillfully working at carving a design into the surface. Before long he is left with a scrimshawed bone.
INSPECT	-	Looking closely at the steel knife, you inspect it in minute detail. (Standard weapon inspect information) You think back to how the next item may be adjusted by this steel knife.   * Item Type: Weaveable Item.   * Item Article: Default.   * Item Adjective: scrimshawed [TURN the knife to change]	N/A
TURN	-	You turn the steel knife over in your palm, debating the design of the next object you want to carve with it. You are sure the design of the next Weaveable Item will have the adjective of "kobold-carved."	N/A
WAVE	Target	Circling your steel knife in a complicated motion, you stop it with the point aimed directly at a kobold, narrowing your eyes in concentration as you memorize the shape and form of what you are looking at. You are sure that any designs you try to make with the knife will now try to incorporate "kobold."	Circling his steel knife in a complicated motion, (Name) stops it with the point aimed directly at a kobold, narrowing his brown eyes in concentration.
WAVE	No target	You wave the steel knife through the air, clearing out any stored design focuses in the process.	N/A

Default Weaveable Item designs

TURN cycles through five default designs, then any custom designs. TURN KNIFE WITH # jumps directly to a design.

1. scrimshawed
2. knotwork-carved (or <noun>-carved after WAVE)
3. animal-shaped (or <noun>-shaped after WAVE)
4. enruned
5. ensigiled

Weaveable Beads Unlock

Unlocks the ability to make Weaveable Beads and adds SPIN to switch between item types. Up to 10 custom slots can be added to change the bead article. Teeth, fangs, molars, and carnassials make bundles of 2 beads; everything else makes bundles of 5.

Default bead articles: a carved, a scrimshawed, an enruned, an ensigiled, a knotwork-cut (or a <noun>-cut after WAVE).

Verb	Mode	First	Third
CARVE	Preview	As you bring the steel knife close to the yellowed bone, you pause a moment to contemplate your actions. The resulting Weaveable Beads will show up as: a carved bone bead. If this is fine, repeat this action in the next 30 seconds. Roundtime: 5 sec.	N/A
CARVE	Confirm	Deftly taking the steel knife in one hand, you run the edge of it over the surface of the yellowed bone, skillfully carving away excess material. Soon you are left holding a carved bone bead.	Deftly taking the steel knife in one hand, (Name) runs the edge of it over the surface of the yellowed bone, skillfully carving away excess material. Soon he is left holding a carved bone bead.
SPIN	-	You roll the steel knife in the palm of one hand, deciding what to use it for next. You are sure the knife will be best to make things into Weaveable Beads now.	N/A
TURN	-	You turn the steel knife over in your palm, debating the design of the next object you want to carve with it. You are sure the design of the next Weaveable Beads will have the article of "a scrimshawed."	N/A

Hair Sticks Unlock

Unlocks the ability to make hair-worn hairsticks. Vertebrae, teeth, fangs, molars, and carnassials are too small to use. Up to 10 custom slots can be added to change the full hairstick design.

Default hairstick designs: a pair of scrimshawed <material> hairsticks, a pair of knotwork-carved <material> hairsticks, a pair of butterfly-patterned <material> hairsticks, a pair of slender hairsticks carved from <bone> (or a pair of <material> hairsticks tipped with <tooth>), a pair of enruned <material> hairsticks.

Verb	Mode	First	Third
CARVE	Preview	As you bring the steel knife close to the yellowed bone, you pause a moment to contemplate your actions. The resulting Hairsticks will show up as: a pair of scrimshawed [Bone Material] hairsticks. If this is fine, repeat this action in the next 30 seconds. Roundtime: 5 sec.	N/A
CARVE	Confirm	Deftly taking the steel knife in one hand, you run the edge of it over the surface of the yellowed bone, skillfully carving away excess material. Soon you are left holding a pair of bone hairsticks.	Deftly taking the steel knife in one hand, (Name) runs the edge of it over the surface of the yellowed bone, skillfully carving away excess material. Soon he is left holding a pair of bone hairsticks.
TURN	-	You turn the steel knife over in your palm, debating the design of the next object you want to carve with it. You are sure the design of the next created Hairsticks will have the long description of "a pair of knotwork-carved [Bone Material] hairsticks."	N/A

Lock Mastery Clasp Unlock

Unlocks the ability to make clasps for Lock Mastery containers. Up to 10 custom slots can be added to change the clasp noun.

Default clasp nouns: clasp, pin, brooch, buckle, toggle.

Verb	Mode	First	Third
CARVE	Preview	As you bring the steel knife close to the yellowed bone, you pause a moment to contemplate your actions. The resulting Lock Mastery clasp will show up as: a scrimshawed bone clasp. If this is fine, repeat this action in the next 30 seconds. Roundtime: 5 sec.	N/A
CARVE	Confirm	Deftly taking the steel knife in one hand, you run the edge of it over the surface of the yellowed bone, skillfully carving away excess material. Soon you are left holding a scrimshawed bone clasp.	Deftly taking the steel knife in one hand, (Name) runs the edge of it over the surface of the yellowed bone, skillfully carving away excess material. Soon he is left holding a scrimshawed bone clasp.
TURN	-	You turn the steel knife over in your palm, debating the design of the next object you want to carve with it. You are sure the design of the next created Lock Mastery clasp will have the noun of "pin."	N/A

Article Unlock

Unlocks FLIP to change the article of Weaveable Items and Lock Mastery clasps.

Weaveable Item articles: default, a fragment of, a splinter of, a piece of, a section of, a segment of.
Lock Mastery clasp articles: a scrimshawed, a carved, a rounded, a smooth, an enruned, a knotwork-cut (or a <noun>-cut after WAVE).

Verb	Mode	First	Third
FLIP	Article set	You flip the steel knife in your hand, pondering on adjusting the look of the next item you want to carve with it. You are sure the article of the next created item will be "a fragment of" now.	N/A
FLIP	Default	You flip the steel knife in your hand, pondering on adjusting the look of the next item you want to carve with it. You are sure the article of the created item will be unchanged now.	N/A

Custom Slot Unlocks

Custom slots can be unlocked for Weaveable Item adjectives, Weaveable Bead articles, hairstick designs, and Lock Mastery clasp nouns, up to 10 of each. Bead, hairstick, and clasp slots require that item type to be unlocked first. Customs are added by a merchant, and GAZE lists the custom slots for the item type currently selected with SPIN.

Verb	Mode	First	Third
GAZE	-	You gaze at your steel knife, thinking back to the customs you have unlocked for Weaveable Items. 1. cat-shaped. 2. Empty Custom	N/A

Bone Unlock

Unlocks the ability to harvest bones, claws/talons/hooves, and antlers/horns from some dead creatures. The harvested item can be either a Weaveable Item or a skin that can be used in sheath-making. Each creature can only be harvested once.

Verb	Mode	First	Third
CLENCH	Skin	You subtly change the grip on your steel knife, ensuring that anything harvested with it can be considered a creature skin.	N/A
CLENCH	Weaveable	You subtly change the grip on your steel knife, ensuring that anything harvested with it can be used as a Weaveable item.	N/A
CUT	-	Wielding your steel knife with deftness, you sink the edge of the blade into the flesh of the kobold's limb, carefully cutting through muscle and tendon to crack away some of the bone beneath. After a good amount of work, blood, and sweat, you draw back with a kobold bone held in your left hand.	Wielding his steel knife with deftness, (Name) sinks the edge of the blade into the flesh of the kobold's limb, carefully cutting through muscle and tendon to crack away some of the bone beneath. After a good amount of work, blood, and sweat, he draws back with a kobold bone held in his left hand.
POINT	Creature	Running the tip of your steel knife along the body of the kobold, you stop at one of its limbs. You are sure if you CUT now you will be able to extract "a kobold bone."	Running the tip of his steel knife along the body of the kobold, (Name) stops at one of its limbs.
POINT	No target	You drop the steel knife to your side, ensuring that it is not pointing at anything in particular.	N/A
TWIST	-	You continue to move the tip of your steel knife against the body of the kobold, stopping at the side of its chest. You are sure if you CUT now you will be able to extract "a kobold rib."	(Name) continues to move the tip of his steel knife against the body of the kobold, stopping at the side of its chest.

Claw Unlock

Unlocks the ability to turn claw, talon, and hoof skins held in the other hand into Weaveable Items.

Verb	Mode	First	Third
POKE	-	Digging the tip of your steel knife into one end of the hawk talon, you twirl the blade in a rapid motion to create a tiny hole that will allow it to be woven.	Digging the tip of his steel knife into one end of the hawk talon, (Name) twirls the blade in a rapid motion to create a tiny hole that will allow it to be woven.

Design Templates

Added in 2026. A separate design template item (default a sheaf of parchment designs) can be unlocked for pipes, cutlery, and dice, each with up to 10 custom slots. TOUCH the knife to the template while holding both to load the template's current page onto the knife. The knife can only hold one template type at a time, and its customs must be altered on the template, not the knife. Vertebrae, teeth, fangs, molars, and carnassials are too small for pipes or cutlery.

• Pipes are smokeable pipes. Default designs: a scrimshawed <material> pipe, a knotwork-carved <material> pipe, a flame-patterned <material> pipe, an intricate pipe carved from <bone> (or a scrimshawed <material> pipe with a <tooth>-edged bowl), an enruned <material> pipe.
• Cutlery can be a fork, spoon, or chopsticks, chosen with PEDAL. Chopsticks use the Chopsticks script. Default designs: scrimshawed, knotwork-carved, leaf-patterned, elegant ... carved from <bone> (or scrimshawed ... with a <tooth>-topped handle), enruned.
• Dice default adjectives: scrimshawed, groove-carved (or <noun>-carved), skull-shaped (or <noun>-shaped), enruned, ensigiled.

Verb	Mode	First	Third
CARVE	Pipe preview	As you bring the steel knife close to the yellowed bone, you pause a moment to contemplate your actions. The resulting Pipe will show up as: a scrimshawed [Bone Material] pipe. If this is fine, repeat this action in the next 30 seconds. Roundtime: 5 sec.	N/A
CARVE	Pipe confirm	Deftly taking the steel knife in one hand, you run the edge of it over the surface of the yellowed bone, skillfully carving away excess material. Soon you are left holding a bone pipe.	Deftly taking the steel knife in one hand, (Name) runs the edge of it over the surface of the yellowed bone, skillfully carving away excess material. Soon he is left holding a bone pipe.
CARVE	Cutlery preview	As you bring the steel knife close to the yellowed bone, you pause a moment to contemplate your actions. The resulting piece of cutlery will show up as: a scrimshawed [Bone Material] fork. If this is fine, repeat this action in the next 30 seconds. Roundtime: 5 sec.	N/A
CARVE	Cutlery confirm	Deftly taking the steel knife in one hand, you run the edge of it over the surface of the yellowed bone, skillfully carving away excess material. Soon you are left holding a bone fork.	Deftly taking the steel knife in one hand, (Name) runs the edge of it over the surface of the yellowed bone, skillfully carving away excess material. Soon he is left holding a bone fork.
CARVE	Dice preview	As you bring the steel knife close to the yellowed bone, you pause a moment to contemplate your actions. The resulting Dice will show up as: some scrimshawed bone dice. If this is fine, repeat this action in the next 30 seconds. Roundtime: 5 sec.	N/A
CARVE	Dice confirm	Deftly taking the steel knife in one hand, you run the edge of it across the surface of the yellowed bone, skillfully working at sculpting it into a cube shape. Before long you are left with some scrimshawed dice.	Deftly taking the steel knife in one hand, (Name) runs the edge of it across the surface of the yellowed bone, skillfully working at sculpting it into a cube shape. Before long he is left with some scrimshawed dice.
PEDAL	-	Drumming your fingers along the handle of your steel knife, you decide to make the next cutlery item a spoon.	N/A
SPIN	-	You roll the steel knife in the palm of one hand, deciding what to use it for next. You are sure the knife will be best to make things into Cutlery now.	N/A
TOUCH	Template	You touch the tip of your steel knife to the parchment designs, causing a brief flash of light as the information is absorbed within. You are sure the designs have been transferred.	N/A
TURN	Pipe/Cutlery	You turn the steel knife over in your palm, debating the design of the next object you want to carve with it. You are sure the design of the next created piece of Cutlery will have the long description of "a knotwork-carved [Bone Material] fork."	N/A
TURN	Dice	You turn the steel knife over in your palm, debating the design of the next object you want to carve with it. You are sure the design of the next set of Dice will have the adjective of "groove-carved."	N/A

Additional Information

Unlocking

Each unlock is an individual certificate. When applied:

As you raise your certificate up, your knife glows slightly.  You feel as though your knife's capabilities have improved.  Unlocked ability to make Weaveable Beads.
Your certificate crumbles to dust.
(Name)'s certificate crumbles to dust.

Restrictions

• Alterations to the 15/15/15, long, and show must follow dagger-base alteration guidelines.
• Custom Weaveable Item adjectives and Weaveable Bead articles are limited to 15 characters, must be something a knife could do to bone (shapes, patterns, carving styles), and cannot include colors or materials. Bead articles must include a or an.
• Custom hairstick designs are the full long description and cannot contradict a pair of <material> hairsticks.
• Custom Lock Mastery clasp nouns are limited to 15 characters and must be something that could clasp a container.
• Pipe, cutlery, and dice customs are altered on the design template, not the knife. Cutlery customs must make sense for a fork, a spoon, and chopsticks.

Availability

• Old Ossuary (Ebon Gate)

See Also

• Weaving system
• Chopsticks
• Lock Mastery