Deer antler finally

**munruben** · 18th November 2009, 01:36 PM

I chased all over the place and finally sourced some Deer Antler. Used slimline kit and .308 shell. Came up pretty well. looks better in real life than in pic. It wasn't a very big antler, I got 3 blanks out of it at a cost of $25 so guess it wasn't too bad. Made this pen also a Siera which my daughter in law sold to one of her friends. Gave the third piece to my son in law. Have kept the smaller pieces to use as centre bands at a later date.

**Rum Pig** · 18th November 2009, 02:21 PM

very nice well done

**gawdelpus** · 18th November 2009, 02:21 PM

Looks like it was worth the effort ! hehe, nice result ,

Did you try Here ! I have tried the Buffalo but not the deer

They will ship with the flat rate package as well ,helps keep costs more reasonable , cheers ~ John

**Big Shed** · 18th November 2009, 02:30 PM

Like the look of that antler on your pen John, well done.

Originally Posted by gawdelpus

Looks like it was worth the effort ! hehe, nice result ,

Did you try Here ! I have tried the Buffalo but not the deer

They will ship with the flat rate package as well ,helps keep costs more reasonable , cheers ~ John

I'd be a bit cautious with importing antler and buffalo horn, wouldn't AQIS take a dim view of that?

Fines could well outstrip the cost of the materials a few times over.

I was offered some antler from OS but decided not to take the risk, have since sourced some from alocal deer farm, but haven't turned any yet.

Edit:

Looked it up, a permit is required to bring in deer horn

http://www.superyachtbase.com/index....=96&Itemid=103

**wheelinround** · 18th November 2009, 02:56 PM

Deer well done John so you now have enough $$ to buy more from one sale.
Interesting looking pen I must admit.

I can hear the story now shot this Deer with this bullet

Surely with all the deer farms and the water buffulo we have here we could source some of each.

**munruben** · 18th November 2009, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by gawdelpus

Looks like it was worth the effort ! hehe, nice result ,

Did you try Here ! I have tried the Buffalo but not the deer

They will ship with the flat rate package as well ,helps keep costs more reasonable , cheers ~ John

I didn't try any of the overseas suppliers because I wasn't sure about bringing that kind of thing into Australia. Got mine from a Deer farm at Mt Samson, Qld. Here
Its about 70kms from where I live.

**PenTurner** · 18th November 2009, 07:22 PM

Great pen, well done, Amos

**texx** · 18th November 2009, 08:38 PM

that is a nice pen . once its drilled i find antler easy to work with ,and i am about to make some along those lines too, when the cartridge's get here probably later on this week , i have the antler no probs there ,only hold up could be time in the shed in between other things that get priority .
i have done a few antler sierra's and a couple of antler BT-401's i like the look of them sold a few of those too.
not sure i like those rifle clips though might just go with the one's with the little ball on the end on mine see how they look .

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