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Offline jthompson1995

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Antler billets
« on: January 16, 2010, 01:47:47 pm »
Is axis antler good for billets?

I traded on another forum and got some pieces of axis antler intended for making pens. They are nice and heavy, about 1" diameter and 4"-5" long and I thought they might be good for billets. 

I haven't done any knapping before and don't have any rock but I though I might set them aside for my future tool kit.
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Offline HoBow

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Re: Antler billets
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2010, 01:52:58 pm »
They are suppose to be the best for knapping because they are not poreous like whitetail. I have several antlers, but am trading them for pens.
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Offline billy

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Re: Antler billets
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2010, 02:50:37 pm »
yeah, as long as they don't have a spongy, pithy core, they should work great. 
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Offline jthompson1995

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Re: Antler billets
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2010, 06:26:10 pm »
Cool, Thanks. I'll just set them aside until I can gather some other stuff.
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