ruff draft of restore / scales ..

ok so the blade needs about 5mins of work but what i think is gonna the icing on the cake is the scales .. i started a set just to see if it would work , messed them up a bit but i kinda just finished them out just to see ..

they are gonna be a one piece deer antler design !!!
originally i cut it with a saws-all and then took out the rest with a little cutting wheel , i think im gonna go ahead and pick up another bansaw before i make the final set cause trying without the right equipment is a pain !! not as big of a pain as trying to cut a straight line in a antler while in a vice ...lol... so unless i can get ahold of a band saw around here its gonna be a few weeks before i put this Packwood back together ...
so here is my ruff draft !! what do you guys think so far ???

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Looks pretty good to me!

That should work. It'll look fine. Guessing maybe you'll have to seal it, but can't recall on antler's....

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Originally Posted by 1971Wedge

That should work. It'll look fine. Guessing maybe you'll have to seal it, but can't recall on antler's....

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i was just messing around at first and cut the antler to short , so from there on out it was just play time ..lol.. i think i will seal it with a clear poly , it should bring a nice satin finish but just be enough to bring out the texture in the antler its self ... i gotta get back in the attic and grab another rack to cut up for the HOPEFULLY final scales im gonna make ... ill call this one trial & error learning scales ..lol

Not sure about the epoxy. A coat of Renwax is all I would put on it. That's all I have on my stag scales, and its enough to have just a little gloss to it while bringing out the color.

Cool idea btw. I have a store near me that sells deer antler. I might try this myself.

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Originally Posted by robellison01

Not sure about the epoxy. A coat of Renwax is all I would put on it. That's all I have on my stag scales, and its enough to have just a little gloss to it while bringing out the color.

Cool idea btw. I have a store near me that sells deer antler. I might try this myself.

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i knew i should have waited till it was done .. now there is gonna be 500 razor popping up in antler ... ( just kidding ) if you do id like to see and hear how you went about doing it and what the results were .. i had a bunch left over from some brush handles that i was gonna toss in the can , then that razor came and the scales were split almost the whole length and pretty fragile so i just went with the flow ..lol

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Originally Posted by robellison01

Not sure about the epoxy. A coat of Renwax is all I would put on it. That's all I have on my stag scales, and its enough to have just a little gloss to it while bringing out the color.

Cool idea btw. I have a store near me that sells deer antler. I might try this myself.

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i dont know how much they are at the store but anytime now if not already they are gonna start dropping the antlers so a walk in the woods , fields , along river banks , fence rows ect . might reward you with some antler at no cost !!

Thats going to be great.still would be hard to get a good cut on a bandsaw tho.
Thats the pain (and joy) of working with natural materials,nothing is demensional:)

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Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Thats going to be great.still would be hard to get a good cut on a bandsaw tho.
Thats the pain (and joy) of working with natural materials,nothing is demensional:)

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i just started another one using just a thin cut off wheel , unfortunately the first one was the best piece to work with ...lol , everything else is full of turns ect .. this should be interesting no doubt ..lol.. if only everything came out like it is in my head ...lol