Living in Montana has some advantages- like finding a small bulls antlers and skull while scouting for elk. It appears to have been a mountain lion kill since the whole skeleton was partially covered by leaves.
I’m starting to restore it and looking good to display.
The antlers have bleached, but have not gotten split or chalky- lucky me.
I’ve read to use coffee grounds, been told to use brown boot polish. What I saw looking at some elk mounts in Whitefish (a short get-away to Glacier NP with my wife) is natural antlers are not a solid brown but brown in areas, white in others.
What colorizing technique worked for you folks? Can you post a couple pictures?
Elk season opens in a few days, so the project will get done- when it gets done.
Starting point:
Antlers I’m comparing to:
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I’m starting to restore it and looking good to display.
The antlers have bleached, but have not gotten split or chalky- lucky me.
I’ve read to use coffee grounds, been told to use brown boot polish. What I saw looking at some elk mounts in Whitefish (a short get-away to Glacier NP with my wife) is natural antlers are not a solid brown but brown in areas, white in others.
What colorizing technique worked for you folks? Can you post a couple pictures?
Elk season opens in a few days, so the project will get done- when it gets done.
Starting point:
Antlers I’m comparing to:
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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