antler

This was supposed to be a gift to a mom friend who kindly gave me two of her husband's family's deer antlers (with his permission, of course ;)). They intended to do something with them but never got around to it, so I wanted to make them something nice in gratitude. I prepped the antler by...

Hello, I'm interested mainly in turning natural materials. I have experience with turning wood, but wanted to try antler, bone or horn. Several questions: What to look for when sourcing online? How to determine if a specific specimen is of acceptable workability (density, stability etc) for pen...

Bolt action antler pen.24 carat gold. Real deer antler from Texas.

Figured that jumping into the deep end was worth a try so antler seemed like the right stuff for my 10th pen. Other than the fact that it's like working with granite, it was more forgiving than I expected. Shoutout to @southernclay for the pen kit. Having an issue with a...

Well, I started turning pens about 2 months ago, and I’m up to about 50 now. Quite a lot of fun. I was cleaning out my garage when I rediscovered a shedhorn that I found on a hike a couple of years back. My son made a $1 bet with me that I couldn’t make a pen with it— a surefire way to guarantee...

I turned my first bolt action kit last night and loved it. It was also my first time to turn deer antler. I ran into a couple issues. First, I didn't use accelerator for the CA and it wouldn't set up for me. So, I'll be going to the store soon to get a can of accelerator. Second, the nib...

A few recent pens from my Realtree® Camo collection. I really like how the cigar pen turned out with camo on top and antler on the bottom.

My son and daughter were kidding me that this looked like a prison shank. My first response was how did they know anything about prison shanks -- LOL. Anyway, this is 100% intended to be an antler letter opener. I took a straight antler tine and joined it with a leftover pen blank. Used a 7mm...

Hey everyone, I am not sure if this is the right sub-forum to post this question in but I am looking for some help and know that I would be able to get the best ideas from this forum. My wife is a huge harry potter fan and I mentioned a while back that I would eventually turn her a wand...

These are my latest Whitetail Deer Antler Bullet Pens engraved with a Buck Silhoutte.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=708087602536204&set=a.704247026253595.1073741840.247401411938161&type=1&theater Here's a pic of a White Tail Antler Bullet Pen & Pencil Desk set I mad for a customer this past Christmas. The stand wood is Bubinga.

This pen was made from White Tail Deer Antler, Teak & Ebony woods accented with a 24 kt Gold Tycoon Fountain Pen Kit from PSI. It was a little tricky getting the antler ends square but it turned out ok in the end.

Okay, so as I've passed my 50th pen, I'm looking for some more of natural materials. Yesterday I've got a pair of really BIG moose antlers for $12. And very nice not-so-big pair of deer antlers for $18. Can you imagine that luck?:))) Antler was hunted, which I do not like too much, but animals...

Hi ... I'm Hugh MacDonald and my hobby is blacksmithing. However, it got a bit hot this summer (smile) so I took up pen turning and converted the other end of my smithy into a small woodworking shop. I've made about thirty pens now and I've caught the 'bug'. This is fun, relaxing and a great...

Here is an antler platinum El Grande rollerball desk set that I just completed. The base is curly walnut. Finish on the pen is ca comments welcomed, Thanks for looking

I just became the owner of a pair of fresh antlers. What I wanted to know is, do they need to dry out. And if so, how long. Anything else necessary for preparing them for turning? I have read a lot about how to turn antler, but nothing about prepping it. Thanks in advance. :smile:

I got my pendant backer plate last Friday from Sailing_Away and had to give it a go. I need more practice but for a first, I think I was able to understand it. This deer antler with a little Scrimshaw but it's not quite finished. I also need to fine some leather strapping. I can't wait to do...

These are whitetail deer w/ a CA finish on a Comfort kit. Two of them have some bark left on them. They never seem to hang around when I leave a little bit on them so I always make a few.

I scored some very nice moose antler :biggrin:, the lady who I got them from wanted some pens, so I made a few and she bought 4 :wink: the 2 click and 2 Europeans. The European with the Marine emblem went to Seattle to my cousins son who just got back from his second tour of Iraq.

So a guy gives me some old deer antler today. It is dry and cracked and chalky. Will this still make a pen or is it too far gone? So in other words, if it goes bad, how do you know when you have the bad stuff?