Repairing moose sheds

[boneaddict]

What I was immediately impressed with was how "accurate" your tines looked in regards to shape and length.   Id imagine its human nature to wantt o "stretch" the truth a bit if you know what I mean.
You did a really nice job of retaining the right look.   Well done

[TommyH]

  I have a set of whitetail sheds I’d like to try to fix up.

[Jpmiller]

What I was immediately impressed with was how "accurate" your tines looked in regards to shape and length.   Id imagine its human nature to wantt o "stretch" the truth a bit if you know what I mean.
You did a really nice job of retaining the right look.   Well done

I saw that too although I'm no moose expert. I'd probably have added a few drop tines and stickers if it was me and ruined the look lol. Good work!

[CaNINE]

What I was immediately impressed with was how "accurate" your tines looked in regards to shape and length.   Id imagine its human nature to wantt o "stretch" the truth a bit if you know what I mean.
You did a really nice job of retaining the right look.   Well done

Thanks bone appreciate the comment.  Trust me there was some temptation to embellish.  My guess is the repairs replicate the original tine length +/- 0.5". 

[CoryTDF]

This is really cool! I found my first moose shed this year in Idaho. It is in pretty bad shape so i might have to try this out. Cant really make it worse right?

[CaNINE]

Great the point of this thread is hopefully inspire some folks to take projects like this on and put those sheds on display

[birddogdad]

do you have a list of materials and paint you use for this? would be a great post up!

[CaNINE]

do you have a list of materials and paint you use for this? would be a great post up!

Absolutely.  When I get further along and figure out the paint process I will post up a materials list and share some key considerations and learnings.  I'm still working on defining my approach and materials for mounting the "matched" set into a replica skull cap style display.

[blindluck]

Here is a before and after using your method but I decided to add a few extra

[CaNINE]

Very cool

[CaNINE]

Here is antler #3 with paint applied. I ended up using a product sold through van dykes taxidermy supply called “wipe off” antler paint. I used a blend of two colors, burnt umber and red clay. You thin the paint with water or a chemical solvent and simply brush on and wipe off. I built up the color in stages to get an acceptable result.  The repaired areas required a lot of pigment to cover the clay with blending into the surrounding areas.

The trick was maintaining the natural bleached out look of the palm. A professional would do a more natural job but for a learn as you go diy effort I’m pretty happy with it.

Will probably noodle with it a little more before I apply a coat of matte clear sealer.

[TommyH]

Looks good!   

[7mmfan]

Looks great. Can you tell if that hole is from another antler when he was fighting or a bullet hole? Looks suspicious...

[TommyH]

Have seen lots with little holes. In deer/moose/elk. Could be from a stick or..? While soft honed growing..?

[MtnMuley]

Great job.