Reviewer: Glen P.

The first video covers the info on scrimimng the material, ivory of any kind. He does a very good job and covers everything you need to know to start out. He shows not only the start, middle and end but also the finished items. This video is about scrimming with needles, or any hand held graver or scraping pointed tool. The only complaint I have about this DVD is the same complaint that I have about most of the craft videos. They must never have anybody proof view the finished product. You can never see most of the layout out lines on the project due to the contrast. The camera is never in a position over the project to looking down at it so the veiwer can see what is being done.

Reviewer: Glen P.

This review is for his second DVD with the power carver. He lives up to the first video, he covers the material, explaining the tools and why he is doing what he is doing. He covers it from start to finish. This isn't a video-ad for the product he is using. Again, the only complaint I have is that there are not enough close ups and to much shifting of the camera angles. Also, it does not have enough contrast between the project and the lines at the start. Other than those items I would recommend this video also.

Reviewer: Paul W B.

This is good information, not enough on "how-to" and too much on "look at me & my work". One quater of the video is tools and how he uses them the rest of the video is him "selling" his work.

Reviewer: Stephen C.

Glad I only rented this rather than buying. This is an amateur home video of Bob doing his work. To be sure he is very good at his job but I didn't learn much more than reading a good book. Some of his advice is totally outdated, such as use of CAD programs that are very old. There is not a lot of teaching here just tips and watch me work. The biggest problem is this DVD is shot on a home digital video. This is "micro scrimshaw" which means small but there is no macro or zoom shooting and there is no special lighting for the camera so when he is working you cannot see hardly any detail and his working light washes out what little detail you can see.

Reviewer: Bob H.

The video is only half the product when rented. Those who buy the dvd get printed material with updated techniques and information. Bob also includes his home phone number and personally talks people through their problem areas. As he says in the beginning, his only instruction was someone telling him to scratch the ivory with a needle and rub ink into it. Though the video quality isn't great, the information and demonstration are there for those who pay close attention.

Reviewer: earl t.

Not really very informative as far as I'm concerned. Only the very most rudimentary aspects of scrimshaw were covered. The actual scrimshaw techniques were never shown or talked about. It is all about layout. I really got very little out of this video.