buttons from deer antler?
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I believe it is strong enough.
You may also appreciate buttons from a shop in a completely different way after you've made em out of antler
You may also appreciate buttons from a shop in a completely different way after you've made em out of antler
You can reinforce the central part of the antler by soaking it with superglue before you polish them up
Reindeer is really dense so would be fine. However if you stay up near a tine there should be less marrow. As said, superglue works well as a hardener.
Otherwise take slices off the side rather than cross sections and shape these round, or any other shape you want.
Otherwise take slices off the side rather than cross sections and shape these round, or any other shape you want.
The antler I used for my bow stand was solid all the way through. the piece I trimmed off the end the dog has, she crunches through bones no trouble but the piece of antler is proving a lot tougher for her to bit through
Fishfish has the right of it.
I still have deer antler buttons that were cut for my brothers' lovat jackets that they wore with their kilts, and they are cut from the side of the antler and miss out the 'honeycomb' centre.
cheers,
Toddy
I still have deer antler buttons that were cut for my brothers' lovat jackets that they wore with their kilts, and they are cut from the side of the antler and miss out the 'honeycomb' centre.
cheers,
Toddy
eh ?
If I'm prepared to cough up a load of cash I can buy them by the thousand.....they're cut out by machine these days, and they match.
The ones I have here are the ones my Grandpa cut by hand (he used a wee coping saw) and they all match in both size and thickness.
cheers,
Toddy
If I'm prepared to cough up a load of cash I can buy them by the thousand.....they're cut out by machine these days, and they match.
The ones I have here are the ones my Grandpa cut by hand (he used a wee coping saw) and they all match in both size and thickness.
cheers,
Toddy
I went googling to see if the Americans were different; they are, they call the kind made here 'Austrian buttons', and they show the outside of antler on the surface.
Ours are done like this these days, but copying the handmade ones,
http://www.highlandhorn.com/sambar-stag-antler/buttons/149.html
While the American's have both, our kind called Austrian buttons, and the others showing the inner blood vessels.
http://www.favourvalley.com/Buttons.php
I still think they'd be more sound cut from the outside though; maybe I'm culturally biased though
M
Ours are done like this these days, but copying the handmade ones,
http://www.highlandhorn.com/sambar-stag-antler/buttons/149.html
While the American's have both, our kind called Austrian buttons, and the others showing the inner blood vessels.
http://www.favourvalley.com/Buttons.php
I still think they'd be more sound cut from the outside though; maybe I'm culturally biased though
M
I'm not american but thanks. The ones I make are not processed to be pretty, just functional. To much emphasis is placed on having and taking photos of pretty gear on the internet.
I thought the British invented sarcasm?
I thought the British invented sarcasm?
LLoyd, I used American the same way the Colonials use British.
I do know that from most of the deer antler I've seen here, I wouldn't trust a button with the holes through the blood vessels bit. Perhaps N. American one's are more dense ?
The link that called our kind Austrian was interesting though; it implied that the type I know is common throughout Europe.
cheers,
Toddy
I do know that from most of the deer antler I've seen here, I wouldn't trust a button with the holes through the blood vessels bit. Perhaps N. American one's are more dense ?
The link that called our kind Austrian was interesting though; it implied that the type I know is common throughout Europe.
cheers,
Toddy
We have not been a colony since 1867 either? I believe Britain has been around a lot longer regardless of regional turmoil and sentimentality.
Curious? I post my experience making stuff from deer and moose and get jumped on. Instead of asking questions about the process, I get; 'not possible unless it is OUR way'.
Very curious? I do not see this on other British forum.
Curious? I post my experience making stuff from deer and moose and get jumped on. Instead of asking questions about the process, I get; 'not possible unless it is OUR way'.
Very curious? I do not see this on other British forum.
Take a deep breath and read though the thread again.
You are the one who contadicted folks here who make them.
I found links that clearly explained the discrepancies.
You carped.
I explained.
You carped.
Colonial is a term Brits use for all of the countries that were originally part of the British red bits on the Atlas.
You carped and insist that no other forum treats your replies this way ? somehow I really doubt that.
Is it so boring sat there in the snow that you need to conflate a discussion into an argument ?
Toddy
You are the one who contadicted folks here who make them.
I found links that clearly explained the discrepancies.
You carped.
I explained.
You carped.
Colonial is a term Brits use for all of the countries that were originally part of the British red bits on the Atlas.
You carped and insist that no other forum treats your replies this way ? somehow I really doubt that.
Is it so boring sat there in the snow that you need to conflate a discussion into an argument ?
Toddy
Any I've seen have been made from the outer hard part of the antler or horn.
Well apart from the toggles in dufflecoats that are made from the points, thing is there's not that many points compared to the amount of the rest of the antler.
Well apart from the toggles in dufflecoats that are made from the points, thing is there's not that many points compared to the amount of the rest of the antler.
I pointed out how to strengthen them and that cutting from a conical object means you need lots of cones to match sizes (when cut from the round) nothing more. There is less waste and less work this way. I make no statements that it is the only way or a better way. It is just another way...
Then we somehow went all Jingoistic?
Which is sad really.
I've never seen the term Colonial as being an insult to be honest.
More often its a term of endearment.
Err.
Anyway, those buttons.
More often its a term of endearment.
Err.
Anyway, those buttons.
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