Lazybonz Scrimshaw

Walking down Greene Street we spotted a man and a dog and a scooter, and a whole bunch of bones.He calls himself Lazybonz and he moved to Key west in 1980 when he went to work as a commercial fisherman.

Scrimshaw is the ancient sailors' art of carving designs on to bones, original whalers making long dreary passages across oceans to their fishing grounds used whales' bones for the job.Lazybonz uses the bills off swordfish for the longer pieces and beef bones as well. He says it's a fairly complex involved process to get a piece of bone carved. The bone has to be cured and it has to meet his standards because if the bone is too soft it acts like blotting paper and the ink runs and smudges. GarytheTourist led the questioning...Lazybonz says his design showing the islands of the Keys is very popular but he can Dremel and ink pretty much any design anyone wants but that takes time. Even his own name:And in color:This next one was my favorite, and I thought it would go well in our living room. I have yet to accost my wife with the idea:Lazybonz says he usually works around Hogfish Restaurant on Stock island and this was his second day in key West as an experiment. I was glad I spotted him.