Deer Antlers

[Christopher K. Hartley]

I was out at the Cemetery today and went for a walk in the forrest behind the park at lunch time. Deer are quite heavy in the area and when I saw a clearing I thought I might just find some tracks. Guess what? No tracks, but there on the ground about three feet apart were these (pics). Now, I have heard people turn them but I have no idea what I could turn from them. Any ideas out there? They would sure be appreciated.

[Travis Stinson]

These always go over well.

[Christopher K. Hartley]

These always go over well.

This is cool is it deer antler?

[Barry Stratton]

Great find, bones in a graveyard....
Yep, pens. I've made 3 now and folks up here love them. I'm also going to try a bottle stopper with a moose or caribou antler base.

[Doug Shepard]

I saw some small cabinet door pulls made from 2 of them that looked pretty cool. They weren't turned and just kept their natural curve. They either tapped them or epoxied machine bolts into the back of them then bolted them through the door like a standard pull - except the bolt spacing was probably anything but standard.

[Christopher K. Hartley]

I saw some small cabinet door pulls made from 2 of them that looked pretty cool. They weren't turned and just kept their natural curve. They either tapped them or epoxied machine bolts into the back of them then bolted them through the door like a standard pull - except the bolt spacing was probably anything but standard.

Cool idea. Thanks

[Greg Savage]

Chain pulls for lights and fans are always handy....and you can get a bunch of them from a few antlers.

[Christopher K. Hartley]

Thanks Everyone, Some Great Ideas

[Steve Ash]

I'll just echo what some one else said....in our cabin up north we used antlers for the pull chains on our ceiling fans and lights, also used them for cabinet door pulls, they also make a nice "candelabra" by fixing several candle bases along the main beam you can have 3 or 4 small candles glowing on a coffee table. Also some small ones are nice to hold the curtains back along the window casing. I've also seen some very nice hunting knife handles made from deer antlers. If you had enough of them you can make a chandelier (ours is fake one purchased from Cabelas) to hang down from a cathedral ceiling.

You can find all kinds of uses if you look in a Cabela's catalog. good luck in whatever you do with them.

[John Hart]

I really like the Antler pens that are made fom Antler and a 30.06 shell. Very classy looking

[Steve Ash]

I really like the Antler pens that are made fom Antler and a 30.06 shell. Very classy looking

Here is my variation of your concept...not exactly pens but are antlers and 30.06 related...both of them in the Michigan commemorative bucks record book.

[Pete Jordan]

Chris,

The guy that did the antler pen demo at our club really complained about the smell.

[Kurt Aebi]

Here's what I did with antler and a .308 shell.

[John Hart]

Here is my variation of your concept...not exactly pens but are antlers and 30.06 related...both of them in the Michigan commemorative bucks record book.

Very nice Steve. 'Course...they'd be very difficult to get mounted on a pen mandrel.

[Kurt Rosenzweig]

Open all the windows! ! Antler will really stink up your shop! I had a friend turn some and he swears he can still smell it after months!