Antler Carving

DoobieDuck

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• Aug 30, 2009

• #1

Anybody try this art? This is some antler carving I was doing a couple years back. It is an Elk horn relief carved entirely with a dremel tool and sander. I have no idea how long this took me but months! I am doing a little chainsaw work now I'll post after completion in another thread. I had no formal training just a creative mind and as an avid artifact hunter that gave me the inspiration..Would love to hear your comments and see your art work as well..thanks for the views...DD

 

Last edited: Aug 30, 2009

MapleMonk

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• Aug 30, 2009

• #2

artist blood for sure !!!

 

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Haps

stone fool

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• Sep 2, 2009

• #3

I made horn pipes 30 years ago, horn smokes real cool and smooth. Looks good.
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DoobieDuck

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• Sep 2, 2009

• #4

Maplemonk thanks for your visit and comment..Haps you too! I had one of those pipes at one time. DD

 

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idontgivenames

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• Sep 7, 2009

• #5

That's interesting, for sure.

 

JACKtheREFFER

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• Sep 7, 2009

• #6

that is really cool DD .... my grandfather in law carved a 20 foot oak tree into a crazy mural design ... i cant post pics it is in his front yard ... but it was all chainsaw work ... in fact he almost lost his lips when he hit a knot and the saw bounced back

 

DoobieDuck

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• Sep 7, 2009

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JACKtheREFFER said:

.... my grandfather.. in fact he almost lost his lips when he hit a knot and the saw bounced back

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Ouch...yes...very dangerous stuff Jack...even the dremel work can get you..if you know what I mean..thanks for the comments..you too Idont..DD

 

DoobieDuck

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• Sep 8, 2009

• #8

Detail...

Detail...

I'd like to show some pix of the detail that can be acheived with carving bone because of its density..it is very hard and with high speed tools you can get to minute detail..of course I have to wear magnifying glasses to do this..DD

 

CANNACO-OP

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• Sep 9, 2009

• #9

now you got me going. i smoke out of my first antler pipe just the other day, imagine that. I want to make a little hash/kif spoon from an antler.

 

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bonecarver_OG

• Sep 15, 2009

• #10

hehe cool reminds me of some stuff i used to do as a kid but i used to use raindeer antlers they were available all over the place back in my country of birth

 

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bonecarver_OG

• Sep 15, 2009

• #11

antlers are not good idea for pipes.. its like pretty much the same material as NAILS and HAIR, it burns, so the smoke will taste horrible.

peace