tine repair question

Wondering why you would take this in as a job ; when your asking how to do it , hope your customer not a picky person . 8)

 

CK out the tutorials there`s some good stuff on antler repair .

 

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That won't take much to be as good as I. Drill a single hole in the center of each repair. I use #8 wire. If its a large time, I drill two more for #10 wires. I then use aircraft lock wire (Harbor Freight) and wrap the anchor wire ad tightly as possible. I wrap it completely and then build an armature with Apoxie. When cured, I build character into the job and stain it with lacquer paints. Try to make your rack symmetrical. When you install the anchors, check the corresponding lengths. After you wrap them, you can bend the entire bundle to match the other side.

 

Mix up some apoxie sculpt and press out flat but leave some thickness to it. Dip in water and press against the other brow tine to imprint the texture. Let the apoxie sculpt set up overnight. Build the brow tine back using George's method and using fix-it sculpt. Wet your template you made and press into your sculpted brow to imprint the texture to it. This will get you started and you can work in some more detail with your modeling tool. Brush with a wet brush to soften the look.

 

Am I missing something? I don't see damage on the one brow tine it has and the other side doesn't look damaged; it just looks like it never grew on that side. Half the deer I get in either don't have both brow tines or only has one. I would repair the damaged ones, but not add one that wasn't there to begin with--unless it was there and I just can't tell from the picture.