Kit to put antlers on the wall?

[Omega]

I want to put antlers of my first deer on the wall and use as a stand for a knife. Are there good quality kits that make all the work from cleaning the antlers from hair attaching to wooden base relatively easy?
Thanks

 

[VSS]

I want to put antlers of my first deer on the wall and use as a stand for a knife. Are there good quality kits that make all the work from cleaning the antlers from hair attaching to wooden base relatively easy?
Thanks

You won't need a kit. Just standard tools and bits and pieces you might have knocking about will do the job.

 

[Omega]

I do not want to think about aesthetics etc, do a quick but nice job . And kits would eliminate a lot of design thoughts starting from what shape I want to make to where the screws should go in

 

[Bavarianbrit]

You tube will show you the way IMO.

 

[baguio]

I want to put antlers of my first deer on the wall and use as a stand for a knife. Are there good quality kits that make all the work from cleaning the antlers from hair attaching to wooden base relatively easy?
Thanks

What species?

 

[Klenchblaize]

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What To Do With This Head?

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[Mungo]

I want to put antlers of my first deer on the wall and use as a stand for a knife. Are there good quality kits that make all the work from cleaning the antlers from hair attaching to wooden base relatively easy?
Thanks

Short answer is no.

You can buy nice shields to mount the antlers on, but you’re on the own when it comes from taking the head from still warm recently deceased creature to elegant wall hanging.

For tools, you don’t need much. A sharp knife, a flat blade screwdriver, a hack saw (or, better, a bone saw), a large stock pot, a dishwasher tablet and some hydrogen peroxide.

Remove head from carcass. Remove skin from head (lots of Utube on this, though a bit if trial and error will quickly get you there). Remove as much meat as possible from skull.

Then you can either cut the skull or leave whole. Cutting skull is the hardest part. A steady hand and some experience with a saw works. Any number of home made or commercial jigs exist (and again can be found with a bit of googling). I have recently discovered what I think is a very neat (if rather slow) way to do it: mark your cutting line with some kind of scoring tool (a nail, a knife etc). Work around that line with a dremel or angle grinder with cutting disk to start a cut. Then finish with a hack saw.

Scoop out brains. Put in pot so water covers bone. Add dishwasher tab. Boil for a few hours. Remove. Scrape off any remaining flesh/residue. Dry. Pack around bony areas with paper towel soaked with hydrogen peroxide. Leave for a day or two. Done.

 

[Pete6.5]

You can only have one first so pay someone to do it then practice on the next one.

 

[Mungo]

You can only have one first so pay someone to do it then practice on the next one.

I disagree! The first one may not be the prettiest, but it’s even more of a memory of you do it all yourself!

 

[ejg]

Simple way, no skull sawing either.

Skull Hooker | Professionally Crafted Skull Mounting Solutions

Skull Hooker is the world's first professionally crafted and fully adjustable European skull mounting bracket available in wall, table, and tree mounts.

www.skullhooker.com

Bavarianbrit might know the owner, he is from that area.

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[Omega]

I am thinking about something like this. I want to find nice quality wooden base already precut, I can make holes and screw the antlers so that I could use the stand hanging on the wall and put on a desk

 

[Dunwaters]

The only kit you need….



And some basic tools.