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Leo Todeschini
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Travis Canaday
Location: Overland Park, Kansas Joined: 24 Oct 2005
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It might be an irregular source, but I would check out ebay.uk.
Here is a large collection of antlers for 89 pounds.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SET-OF-29-ROE-DEER-...Swf-VWbvwd
I hope that's helpful. I'm a big fan of your work by the way.
Travis
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Matthew Bunker
Location: Somerset UK Joined: 02 Apr 2009
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Yup, red from Highland Horn.
Not the cheapest but then, since people discovered that you could sell bits of antler on Ebay for dog-chews, the price has gone up.
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Alan Schiff
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American elk has very nice, thick-walled antlers. Eurasian elk (moose in North America) has a "palm" on the antler that has a very thin wall, and for the most part only the stem/crown area has a wall thick enough for most work. I believe caribou, aka reindeer, have a nice thick antler as well. If you are looking for or don't mind using smaller pieces, pretty much any of the smaller deer have antlers with thick walls.
Hope that helps,
Alan
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G Ezell
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Location: North Alabama Joined: 22 Dec 2003
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| Quote: | | I believe caribou, aka reindeer, have a nice thick antler as well. |
Yes, caribou/reindeer antlers have a nice thick wall, and have a long history of craft use. Axis deer/chital/spotted deer antlers are as solid as sambar but not as heavily textured, and I would think ideal for us cutlers... I've been hunting for a good source other than ebay.
I should add, in my experience, elk, whitetail, and roe deer antlers have a very thick pithy section, and would not be ideal for your use, IMO.
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Jerry Monaghan
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Hi Leo.
Have you asked Robert Moc He might know after all he supplied me with meteorite and walrus ivory
Regards
Jerry Monaghan
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Shahril Dzulkifli
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| Posted: Fri 18 Dec, 2015 8:23 pm Post subject: Thick walled antler? |
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Antlers can be quite ideal for storing swords just like racks.
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