Recent content by DeerWrangler

The pieces that i am tinkering with are test pieces "IF things don't work" OR "workable pieces in some way" if things do work. Since they are test pieces my color choices are random and not necessarily what anyone might want on a steel blade BUT. My first piece was taken out of the BLUE dye...

I always figure that there is going to be many BUT"S. There are many ways to skin a cat ao as long as the end product works then i am fine.. I have used Tung oil, Danish oil & bees wax to seal and polish many of my wood handles with good results and as far as antler goes it has only been...

Dipping the antler in a 30% Acetic acid etches the outer and opens up the pores- Then when you soak it in the Acetone diluted leather dye it penetrates a lot deeper than you would imagine and yet doesnt seem to soften the antler. SO FAR SO GOOD! When you sand and buff the antler some of the...

I have been tinkering with knives for a few years but for the most part stuck with "This works so go with it" and that seems to work. BUT i have wanted to dyed antler handles that if done properly SHOULD look a whole lot like Stabilized giraffe bone but without the sheen that is common in...