New Zealand Red Stag Sierra

[armyturner]

Here is a chrome sierra with red stag antler. It polished up better than any other antler that I have turned to date, there is no finish on the antler.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Those red stag are supposed to be nearly the same animal as many other deer, like the whitetail. But their antler has long been desired for it's beauty. It is used in knife handles and other things. Your pen is a beauty.

 

[armyturner]

Frank,

I may be wrong, but I believe I heard that the red stag is genetically identical to our elk. They appear different due to evolving in a different habitat. If there is someone out there that knows more, please chime in.

 

[Ligget]

Beautiful pen, love the natural outer piece that you left![]

 

[DCBluesman]

Red deer (red stag)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Artiodactyla

Suborder: Ruminantia

Family: Cervidae

Subfamily: Cervinae

Genus: Cervus

Species: C. elaphus


Elk
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Artiodactyla

Suborder: Ruminantia

Family: Cervidae

Subfamily: Cervinae

Genus: Cervus

Species: C. canadensis

 

[txbatons]

Beautiful pen!

 

[LostintheWoods]

Lou, was that a Roosevelt Elk you were talking about, or a Tule Elk????