With Ed Bilderback being featured in TBM I thought you all would enjoy seeing this.Ed was a friend of mine and we enjoyed many good times,I am also a scrimshaw artist and just completed this very large Piece. This beautiful mammoth ivory scrimshaw depicts Fred Bear remembering one his most memorable hunts in Alaska, 1962. The artwork portrays Fred Bear in his later years, as he perhaps sits and gazes into a campfire as the hunt unfolds over his left shoulder. Fred and Ed are tucked up behind the rock as the huge bruin comes to within 20 feet and Fred makes a clean shot with his 65lb Kodiak.
This piece is mounted on a maple base keeping in tradition of the Bear Archery bows. There are two Bear Razorheads in front and a scrimshaw ivory title piece in the middle. The back and feet are made from Bocote wood with a left bear paw inset on the top piece. The left paw intentionally chosen as Fred Bear was a leftie! The back of the main mammoth piece and the bottom are both lined with buckskin making this a beautiful and steady piece that won’t scratch any surface. It is both beautiful from the front as well the back.
