Antler Powder Charger

[scobrien]

Just finished this one this afternoon. I am going to give it to a friend. It throws 80 grains and was stained with Rit dye. The shaping was done with a conbination of flat, round, and triangle files. I used a dremel for the dot pattern and a homemade tool for the scratching. I hope to get a couple more done up in the coming weeks.

Take care...Steve

 

[twobarrel]

:bow: Beautiful work.

 

[rabjr]

Sweet! :thumbsup:

 

[Rogue River]

Very nice! :thumbsup:

 

[necchi]

Nice ! :applause: :thumbsup:

 

[pc.knife]

:hatsoff: :hatsoff: Very, Very nice! :bow: :bow:

 

[JMinnerath]

Super nice job!
I've got a lot of old antlers lying around, I've been thinking about trying my hand at making a measure from a piece.

 

[LRB]

Excellent!!!

 

[Twice boom]

Great artistic imagination. Gorgeous. :hatsoff:

Twice.

 

[Short Arm]

Nice job,your friend should be proud :hatsoff:

 

[tuxdad]

Beautiful work !! :applause:

About how long does it take to do the scrimming ??

Just curious ...

 

[John Wasmuth]

WOW! :thumbsup:

 

[bwhoffman]

Nice!
Your friend is going to owe you big!

That is quite a piece of art!

 

[mazo kid]

Steve, very nice looking measure. Do you have a photo of your tool you use for the scrimming?

 

[scobrien]

Thanks for the comments men :wink:.

Hey tuxdad, I probably spent a total of six to eight hours on the scrimming. I have to go slow so as to stay on my lines. I also sometimes put patterns on antler using a v or u gouge and that goes much quicker.

Hey mazo, I do have a pic of that tool. I don't know how to post a link to the page that shows it, but you can view it on pg 17 on this very same crafsman section.

Steve

 

[chance]

Really Nice!!!

 

[MSW]

great looking work!

 

[hawk]

:thumbsup:

 

[hoochiepapa]

I have seen things like yours on other sites, and yours rivals the artistry of any. Nice work!! :bow:

 

[scobrien]

Thanks Mike. That means a lot. I am humbled by your comment.

As for powder chargers, I think Wick Ellerbe is the master . Those two that he posted on here last year still blow me away.

I found a web page two years ago that featured a guys antler chargers. The carving and scrim work was amazing. It is where I got some of my influence. I have not been able to find that site for quite some time and remember nothing about the guys name.

Take care my friend!