Antler Day

[Cwalker935]

I have not turned any antler for awhile and decided to do a few today. I wanted to try to do an antler on the Southwest Mesa Pen Kit. The longer tube required the use of a thicker piece of antler so that I would not drill through the side. This in turn meant that there would be more pith showing. I did a slurry sanding to fill the voids with glue and antler dust. One side of the barrel looks really nice while the other side not so much. Despite the voids, I like the antler on the Southwest Mesa.

I also did a deer hunter and a copper colored bolt action.

 

[Lucky2]

Each and every one of them is gorgeous, as far as I'm concerned. But the one in the first pic, is the one that I would purchase. Nicely done.

Len

 

[howsitwork]

very nice.

I had some deer antler to try out but swapped it for a couple of nicely made walking poles with antler handles from a stick making friend.

I too like the first photo . Kip Christiansen told us about the care needed when working antler with dust extraction etc so I was a bit nervous and , anyway I like my poles !

Ill wonder around Fountains Abbey in the new year and acquire some more antler perhaps?

 

[bsshog40]

They look good Cody. Thats the nice thing about antler though, no matter how they turn, they all still have that nice natural look. No denying that it's real.

 

[SteveJ]

You've got some nice looking pens there. It is interesting how different the color of the different antlers is.

 

[mark james]

The Mesa looks awesome. The kit and blank just look like a great match. Very nice Cody!

 

[TattooedTurner]

I second John's reply, the two match up perfectly!

 

[magpens]

Very nice work !!!

The antler goes well with all of those kits !!

 

[Charlie_W]

Excellent job on these Cody! Good call on the glue/dust slurry.
I am usually not a fan of most of the themed pens but, the Southwest Mesa stands out. The hardware compliments the blank without overwhelming it.

The deer hunter: The hardware is screaming "Look at Me" and the blank gets lost in the clutter.

 

[Cwalker935]

Thanks Len, Ian, Bobby, Steve, Mark, Jay, Mal and Charlie.

 

[Cwalker935]

Excellent job on these Cody! Good call on the glue/dust slurry.
I am usually not a fan of most of the themed pens but, the Southwest Mesa stands out. The hardware compliments the blank without overwhelming it.

The deer hunter: The hardware is screaming "Look at Me" and the blank gets lost in the clutter.

I am not a fan of the Deer Hunter kit either, the face of the deer looks wonky to me. I like the Southwest Mesa pen it has a nice feel to it as well. I think you have to be careful in pairing blanks to that kit however, a number of blanks will clash with it.