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==Relevant Quotes==
*“We believe in meticulous, scrupulous conduct and tactics. Hence, the renowned courtesy and theartistry of our Chapter. As you mature, the fingers of your fists, when idle, may well itch to scribe wondrous designs upon the finger bones of your dead Brethren, honouring and adorning their now fleshless fists. This is how we love to express our dextrous craftsmanship. Within the mighty power glove which can crush an alien skull like a puffball, there resides such microscopicdiscipline!”“Aye, after a battle once you have recited your thanksgivings, or prior to a campaign, while youare girding your soul for a crusade...many of you may yearn to kneel in your cell with saw and magnilens, with rasp and buffing wheel and carbide graver, with brush and inkhorn. And with the hand bones of a slaughtered or euthanased comrade in front of you...”<sup>1ch4</sup>
:-Battle-Brother [[Rhetoricus]] introducing the practice of scrimshaw to new recruits.
==Notable Instances of Scrimshaw==
:*In order to overcome the grief of the death of his Battle-Brothers' death, [[Lexandro D'Aquebus]] removed the flesh from his hand and scrimshawed the names of the fallen -- [[Biff Tundrish]] and [[Yeremi Valence]] --- on his bare bones along with the words "Necromunda" and "Trazior Hive," the world and location from which he and his fallen brethren were recruited. The flesh on the hand was later replaced.<sup>1ch20</sup>
:*A pair of unidentified Battle-Brothers engage in an honor duel over a disagreement over the proper stages of preparing bones preparation for scrimshawing.<sup>1ch4</sup>
:*The [[Pillar of Bone]] on [[Terra]] contains scrimshawed bones of fallen Battle-Brothers.