Scrimshaw Workshop

Wonderful shop filled with beautiful all-​American work at surprisingly reasonable prices.
I love scrimshaw and any other nautical-​themed crafts, so I was irresistibly drawn into this shop. Most of the items are made from walrus tusk or fossilized woolly mammoth tusk (how cool is that?); none is from elephant ivory. I was so impressed by the quality and variety of the offerings – rings, pendants, cufflinks, keychains, money clips, belt buckles, knives, letter openers, display pieces. Many feature ships, whales, and/​or lighthouses which make them even more enchanting.
Besides scrimshaw, there are pottery, glass, watercolors, and other fine crafts from local artisans. I recommend this shop as the best in all of Bar Harbor for a unique, delightful, high-​quality gift or souvenir.

One of the more unique shops on the Bar Harbor strip. This is not just a place for tees and sweats and jams. They have scrimshaw bracelets and pottery, sure. But my favorite wares were probably the great artistry inked onto small pieces of stone and shell.

Nice place to check out some Maine made do-​dads. I’m not particularly into scrimshaw, but I loved the friendship bracelets made from lobster nets that was ashore. SO MAINE. And so NOT a t-​shirt with a moose on it. Bring your friends something they will actually want to wear.

I’m a fan!
The place has things made from different artisans from around the area, some a little over my price range, but things that I would gladly welcome as a gift in my apartment. I went in to look for a specific puffin picture and there were ones that were $ 20 in the back of the room. Eh, I said, but I really wanted this picture. Decided to browse BH a little bit more to find it, but as I was exiting, came across the stand of postcards and found the exact photo on a postcard. Also bought a pretty black and white blank note card. Lady at the counter was really nice.
What does this matter? And what does this have to do with scrimshaws?
Nothing really. I just got valuable treatment. I mean, even though postcards are a mere $ 0.30 each, I decided that I wanted another postcard in addition to the 2 I already bought, and she gave it to me as a freebie! After that, I left telling myself in my head, «I’m gonna Unilocal about this place and the nice service that I got.»
So really, the Irish lady at this store is what gave this place a 4 star. There were very pretty works of scrimshaw art, but it was really all expensivo for me. :P