Advice needed, please?

[User00056]

I've decided to make a few roe antler bottle openers to sell, and was wondering how best to present them.

I thought perhaps cutting off the pedicle and mounting the metal into the main beam would a) look best, and b) be more practical for the smaller antlers? And on the larger ones, perhaps cutting just above the first tine?

What d'you think? I'm second-guessing myself now

 

[MarinePMI]

Personally, I'd leave them whole. But that's just my tastes.

Very cool concept though. Here we see a lot of large antlers with a curve in them, turned into cribbage boards, with the ends trimmed/ground down to lay flat on a table top.

 

[Quarrybank]

I have made both ways although if you cut back the pedicle so that the beam is a similar diameter to the flange it can look neater. You need the beam to be at least same diameter or slightly larger than the flange. Personal preference really.

 

[Stuart Mitchell]

I would also leave them whole. Make them statement pieces.

 

[foxinmad]

Leave them whole, I make a few every year and give them away to friends.

 

[VSS]

Whole.

 

[sauer]

Lad on Instagram here in Montrose does them
MACNAB KNIVES

 

[Craigsaun]

I would also leave them whole

 

[wytonpjs]

Me too

 

[rab19]

I've decided to make a few roe antler bottle openers to sell, and was wondering how best to present them.

I thought perhaps cutting off the pedicle and mounting the metal into the main beam would a) look best, and b) be more practical for the smaller antlers? And on the larger ones, perhaps cutting just above the first tine?

What d'you think? I'm second-guessing myself now

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Thought you might have fired up the gas forge to make the opener to give it that rustic look?

 

[foxinmad]

I've made a couple of these also, this one is a memory from 2015 in Mull.
The stag only had one antler and had been running about for a while in that part of the island.
Now I see it every day, I had a good time on Mull stalking, and this reminds me of it.

 

[Dickie]

Wouldn’t it look better if the bottle opener was made from a brass cartridge then inset into the antler and a bit more individual.

 

[alberta boy]

Personally, I'd leave them whole. But that's just my tastes.

Very cool concept though. Here we see a lot of large antlers with a curve in them, turned into cribbage boards, with the ends trimmed/ground down to lay flat on a table top.


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We do that with moose Antlers .

 

[alberta boy]

I'd leave the Antlers whole .

 

[Cheviot]

make one of each see which you like

 

[Freeforester]

….Or what the customer prefers and is willing to pay for.

 

[Morkai]

Wouldn’t it look better if the bottle opener was made from a brass cartridge then inset into the antler and a bit more individual.

Just curious as Im struggle to picture it. How do you make the opener from a bress cartridge?

 

[Morkai]

Are you chaps fixing the shaft of the bottle opener in resin or something else?

 

[VSS]

Just curious as Im struggle to picture it. How do you make the opener from a bress cartridge?

Like this ^^^
This one lives in my vehicle glove box.
Very handy on thirsty occasions.

 

[Morkai]

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Like this ^^^

Cheers, Tim

Do they hold up ok to the leverage?