Originally Posted by
Euclid440
I made some scales for a guy from Reindeer antler a few years ago. He gave me a few pieces of antler, his brother raised them for meat in Alaska.
After cutting and sanding the antler took on different colors, one came out pink, another green and a third brown. He told me that it depended on what was in their diet just before they shed or were harvested.
Once cut and polished they looked like marble. Reindeer was very hard and polished well on a buffer but was sharp as a knife when cut.