Velvet Antlers

Okay here's a question for the experts. I have a set of 4X4 Wt antlers and an early season short hair cape to go with them. I thought it would be great to transform these antlers into velvet covered antlers to mount with the cape. I looked through the archives and found a lot of info on preserving velvet antlers and found soemthing on sending in antlers to a supply company for this service but am curious if there is any way to do yourself. I was almost thinking of using apoxy sculpt to recreate the shape at the points and blend through the rest of the antler, adding a small guage wire to re-create the veins and then a velvet flocking for the actual velvet. Is this possible? Is there a different way? Or should I just send them in?

I would appreciate any advice on this, you can e-mail me or post here.

Thanks in advance
Asher

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Asher, my man, you've found it

To my eyesight, that's just what's been done, EXCEPT, they must place the antlers in a hyperbaric or negatively charged container to make the flocking "stand" up uniformly as it does.

Thanks George

WOW .. I'm surprised I got it (well mostly), now this brings up the big questions. Where to find velvet flocking and how to get a negatively charged container. I have NEVER seen a real velvet antler so I'm just going off of pics.

Van Dykes carries the flocking

Now the other thing, you're on your own.

HOWEVER, Asher

That's the standard, run of the mill flocking. The velvet repro's have a longer stand length.

George

Thanks Again, I might play around with it on a shed antler. If it turns out then great if not then no big loss.