Shed antler lamps

[bone collector 13]

Is anyone making shed lamps? Or other antler products? Are you selling them? I see them online going for 800-1k a pop and wondering if there is really a market for something like that and my collection is going to make me rich this winter

 

[Fordguy]

I've made several shed antler.candle-lanterns as gifts, but I've never sold one.

 

[spike camp]

You need connections, but prices can be ridiculous.

Just walk into any trinket store in say, Jackson…
If all my shed antler sold for those prices, I’d literally have made a million.

 

[Ross]

I’ve made many and sold some antlers through the decades…I think this Vet is doing well making some awesome stuff yes there is a big market for them. Bought my first quad with them and stay in shape looking for them. These days I just hoard them

 

[squid-freshprints]

Selling rustic furniture will definitely get you rich, just ask anyone who does it.

 

[Silveroddo]

Selling rustic furniture will definitely get you rich, just ask anyone who does it.

Hardly anyone doing it to, nothing but opportunity if you want to work.

 

[mtnbiker208]

I am in the furniture business. i used to buy antler lamps from a company in Libby, mt and resell them on my showroom floor. He would drive by in a 30 foot trailer and i would pick them out. But that was about 15-20 years ago. North idaho atleast, there is alot of log style furniture shops. The guy who i bought the lamps off of, bought the sheds on the open market.

 

[Weldor]

Made a few, add your time and material up. You don't want to give them away. Prices are high for sure, but a good quality one will look good and last.

 

[rem308]

Looks like you've found a market niche

 

[Mtns2hunt]

Look on ESTY for ideas. All kinds of antler stuff as well as wood working. Pricing can be high at times.

 

[Matt5266]

Seemed really popular a about 15 years ago or so but seems to have faded a bit, or I just dont notice it as much haha. I still think they are really cool. There was a guy out here in Idaho at one point that would make some really cool furniture with the juniper logs from the Owyhee Mountains too.

 

[strousek]

Not to hijack your thread here but I am a couple months away from finishing up building my new house. Wanting to make an antler chandelier for the covered front porch. I have a pile of good brownie elk and deer sheds, most of which came off my property with the house on it.

What are/were you guys using to fasten the antlers together and then plug the screw heads over with? In my little experience simple deck screws will snap off easy in antler. I imagine simple Bondo over the screw heads but then comes in the painting part. Any little suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Weldor]

I drilled and tapped the large ones, same for #10 sheetmetal screws.