Hi Karl,plating seems fine i haven`t been at it too long to know how anything wears yet.My antler is from out west,my buddy said that it was mule deer shed that was on the ground for some time.He gave it to me for a antler & shell pen,i can get about 5 or 6 more barrels out of it yet.The smell wasn`t to bad,of course being an old guy i thought it was my socks..[
]regards