Advice on bringing a set of antlers back to life?

WhelanLad said:
that deer in odd, how old do you rekon it is? it reminds me of my mounts haha,

those antlers , well , look fairly normal, there is the permegranite stuff, that is what most who shoot strippers (stripping velvet) once they pull the velvet the antler are literally bone white, they rub on that stuff as mentioned above..

is the timber light coloured in thaat area? or not many trees to rub but more shrubs?
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I've been told the mount was originally done back in the early 60s, maybe even late 50s actually. My dad remembers it way back when he was a little fella. It was originally a head mount, but after it made its way off the wall and into my uncles rather damp basement for a number of years, the skin pulled back off the mount to the point he took the antlers out and just nailed them onto a plaque to hang up.

North-western Ontario has plenty of standing timber and thick thick underbrush for animals to rub against, it is one of the most densely forested areas in the country I dare say, aside from some areas in BC I'd assume.
 
So is photos 1 and 3 the same deer?

thats cool though to have some history man. i like old school heads. i got mine done in old school style per say... no fancy forms, just as if it was cut off at the base of the neck an stuck on a wall lol.

yeah ok, the antlers dont really look how i expected..
that permegranite stuff you would use at the base up to that first spike mostly, make that real dark and the rest you could darken up a little but not too much to really pronounce the white rubbed beams an tips?

you could also most likely..airbrush it... if it is just for a wall piece mate.

in the past, i have used olive oil on the antlers.. give em some moisture an kinda try keep em nicer for longer....

the other antlers i find are like proper sun bleached almost white an need permegranite an some arty tip colouring
 
Picture 1 and 2 are the same mount. Picture 3 is one of mine from early years of hunting. I posted it as a comparison between a rack that is about 15ish years old as opposed to 60 to 70 years old.

Thats a good idea with the olive oil. Never thought of that but makes perfect sense. I'll give it a try on the smaller, fresher rack first. Once I've coloured up the old rack, I'll hit it with some oil too.

Thanks for the input WhelenLad, its greatly appreciated!!
 
Potshot21 said:
Picture 1 and 2 are the same mount. Picture 3 is one of mine from early years of hunting. I posted it as a comparison between a rack that is about 15ish years old as opposed to 60 to 70 years old.

Thats a good idea with the olive oil. Never thought of that but makes perfect sense. I'll give it a try on the smaller, fresher rack first. Once I've coloured up the old rack, I'll hit it with some oil too.

Thanks for the input WhelenLad, its greatly appreciated!!
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yeah i initially did it on my buffalo horns, worked awesome an they arnt dry!
also did it to tahr an chamois, makes them nice an dark, even the sambar with a brown tinge got nice an golden.. :)

i think the top mount will golden up similiar to yours now (without olive oil) an yours will go a little darker aswell once applied lightly... just to shine very thinly as it soaks in a bit and u can do another coat perhaps :)

hooroo mate
 
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