antler restoration pictures
 

Hey guys, some of you may have seen this buck I found while shed hunting a week or so ago... I decided to try and restore it into a skull mount as practice... I started by bleaching the skull and gluing the seams so it was tight again... I then tried staining the antlers... Let me know what you think, the antlers are a bit shiny in the pic since the stain was still a little wet but you get the idea...

Here he was when I found him:





And here is the 'finished product', assuming I don't keep tinkering (which I will):

RE: antler restoration pictures
 

i'm no expert, but that looks good!

RE: antler restoration pictures
 

looks good hwat did ya stain it with

RE: antler restoration pictures
 

I used minwax walnut stain.

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looks OK to me ; nice job.

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Heres another pic from the other side:

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Looks nice, good job!

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Looks pretty cool if you ask me. I might have to try that with some of the year old sheds I have found.

RE: antler restoration pictures
 

Looks great. Nice work
I have an old set I was thinking about doing that to. That gives me motivation.