View Full Version : my first ever stick with caraboo antler
tiggerhawktrainer
03-07-2008, 01:25
hi all i have made my first stike wit caraboo antler i will be using it hor wen i am hunting with my hawk got finnished it fully yet but her it is i am wonting to whitan the antler up
be for varnishing
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r85/tigger00025/P020708_143202.jpg
after varnishing
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r85/tigger00025/P020708_145501.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r85/tigger00025/P020708_1455.jpg
any ideas on haw to finnish it off or just make it looka bit beter will be much apresheated
tiggerhawktrainer
03-07-2008, 02:28
this is the next progect a gen caraboo will be going on top of anuth nice stik
(this)
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r85/tigger00025/white-orange-organic-01psd.jpg
(out of this will be trikey but i am willing to give it a go lol)
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r85/tigger00025/outofthisbit.jpg
Nice piece of work - I don't think there is anything you can or need to do to improve the look of the stick with the cariboo antler. I am impressed!
Cheers,
Mungo
tiggerhawktrainer
03-07-2008, 16:48
Nice piece of work - I don't think there is anything you can or need to do to improve the look of the stick with the cariboo antler. I am impressed!
Cheers,
Mungo
chears m8 all i am wonting to do now is just whitan the antler up i have bean told to use bleech will this work
Prawnster
03-07-2008, 20:48
Looks really good mate. For whitening it might be worth looking into some Lime Sulphur. I used to be into looking after bonsai trees and for the branches that were supposed to be dead and bleached by the sun, the trick was to paint them with Lime Sulphur so they went really white. You can get little bottles of it on fleabay for a few quid. Whether it will work on antlers as well as it does on wood I can't say, I'm not sure who could! Perhaps a test on an antler offcut would be advisable.
One word of caution: Paint it on out of doors. Lime Sulphur is a known carcinogenic and it smells like rotten eggs. It's perfectly safe and odourless once dry though.
If you decide to give it a try, let us know how it goes.
Sean
tiggerhawktrainer
04-07-2008, 03:30
Looks really good mate. For whitening it might be worth looking into some Lime Sulphur. I used to be into looking after bonsai trees and for the branches that were supposed to be dead and bleached by the sun, the trick was to paint them with Lime Sulphur so they went really white. You can get little bottles of it on fleabay for a few quid. Whether it will work on antlers as well as it does on wood I can't say, I'm not sure who could! Perhaps a test on an antler offcut would be advisable.
One word of caution: Paint it on out of doors. Lime Sulphur is a known carcinogenic and it smells like rotten eggs. It's perfectly safe and odourless once dry though.
If you decide to give it a try, let us know how it goes.
Sean
chears m8 i will give that a try