Any ideas what i can make from antler ?

[Gill]

I have some pieces of antler left i have made whistles ,firesteel handles ,buttons ,lanyard rings .What do you use it for ? apart from knife handles .

 

[Retired Member southey]

as an inlay on a wooden handle perhapse.

 

[Mesquite]

Washers is the best description. Basically like brass rings that are used in fastners etc

Also have a look at the various posts Wayland did of Sami work... lots of inspiration there

 

[JonathanD]

Hows about some nice keyrings.

 

[poddle]

Shape them and make a necklace from them. drill a hole thru the middle etc...

 

[jonnie drake]

anything of good size and well forked? possibly a nice catapult if so.

 

[DaveBromley]

can you make some flint knapping tools from them? might be interesting to see the results.

Dave

 

[Gill]

I,ve had a thought could i use tines for creasing leather ?

 

[Retired Member southey]

How about jewlery, I recently started making bits from beach glass using my wifes kit, quite good fun and good practise in finishing variose surfaces and small wire work, bends twists and turns.

 

[Woodlark]

I know a lady who spins wool and knits garments - she loves to use antler disc buttons!!! It's just a question of cutting into disc and drilling 2 little holes (ie hard work for little return - but very satisfying!)

 

[tombear]

Combs, you slice the solid sections from the sides and rivet short sections at right angles to longer sections that make the spine.

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ATB

Tom

 

[Silverhill]

If you have any decent lengths (about 200 mm or thereabouts), you could try making a fishing priest. I have one which tapers to the natural point at one end (the handle) and at the wider end a 10 mm diameter hole has been drilled and filled with a bismuth bar. The wider end has then been capped with a nice piece of hardwood, but you could use brass or another piece of polished antler.

 

[Bushwhacker]

If you have any decent lengths (about 200 mm or thereabouts), you could try making a fishing priest. I have one which tapers to the natural point at one end (the handle) and at the wider end a 10 mm diameter hole has been drilled and filled with a bismuth bar. The wider end has then been capped with a nice piece of hardwood, but you could use brass or another piece of polished antler.

I like that idea.



I was wondering whether you could make a nut-cracker from antler given that it'll soon creep up to that time of year again to go picking?