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/diy/ - Do It Yourself

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Sup /diy/, I have access to a mostly decayed sperm whale carcass that washed up last fall/winter. The jaw bone was gone by the time it washed up, so no teeth.
I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for a project I could make out of this. A friend of mine suggested a knife handle out of one of the bones, possibly a rib, so I might do that, but it feels like such a waste of a great opportunity.

>> No.1680552

>>1680551
Handcarved dildos

>> No.1680553

>>1680552
this. sell on etsy for easy money

>> No.1680555
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1680555

Here's a shot from the side to give some perspective. This thing used to fucking stink like ass but it doesn't smell much anymore. Its still gross as fuck.

>> No.1680587

>>1680551
Nothing, it's probably illegal as fuck to touch any part of that corpse unless you live in a teepee and huff gasoline.

>> No.1680604

>>1680551
Blow it up

>> No.1680627

>>1680551
why is it furry, are you sure it's not a mastodon?

>> No.1680635

Grab the bones, clean them and sell it to knifemakers, that shit makes good handles.

>> No.1680639

Have sex with it lol ... Gross

>> No.1680657

Make arrowheads out of the bone

>> No.1680658

>>1680552
Sorry, Anon.
First post best post.

>> No.1680699

how big is this sperm whale carcass that you could use a rib as a knife handle? Guess I don't know my dead whales, but I would think it pretty big for a handle.

>> No.1680724

>>1680635
This, but also custom gun guys. Call it oceanic ivory or some shit. Rich /k/ boomers love inlays with stuff like this.

>> No.1680756

>>1680551

yet another SCP post with rotting creature

>> No.1680822

>>1680551
That's not a whale

>> No.1681094

>>1680699
>how big is this sperm whale carcass that you could use a rib as a knife handle?
a sperm whale is pretty goddamn Moby Dick tier big m8
don't confuse sperm whale with the tiny fish sperm (though technically mammalian) that swim around in your teeny dick and would make your theoretical partner preggers if you were ever able to have sex
>>1680551
ask the pen fags if whale bone would make a good barrel
also hipster heroin needles for the junkie who has everything

>> No.1681253

>>1680551
Can you lug it away into a shaded forest so it's isolated? If you cover it in leaves and dirt then it'll rot faster and you'll be able to use the bones earlier.

>> No.1681261

>>1680551
Theres usually some legalities in regards to whale bits, teeth and bone in some parts of the world and exporting them gets even messier.
Traditionally whale bone was used in womens corsets but aside from that it usually needs to be stabilised with resin before using it in other things. Mostly for the fact its a biological material and it will sterilise it a little

>> No.1681316

>>1681261
"Whalebone" is technically not bone, it's baleen. Since sperm whales are not filter feeders, OP's would not have any even if the jaw was present.

>> No.1681317

>>1680699
You can always cut and rip it into proportional sections.

>> No.1681319

Preserve it in resin

>> No.1681387

Cum on it