Bark or no Bark?

Les Elm

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Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Where would the clip look best?
With the Antler Bark visible under the clip or with the Antler Bark hidden?

Les

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Les,
I'm cutting way back on my pen making, but love to do antler... can't keep them in stock... I usually put my clips on a straight side... leave the bark visible. Seems to enhance the sales a little. Those are some really nice turning... how do you finish yours... I usually don't put anything on them, unless I'm into the marrow, then I'll use cA to smooth the marrow... otherwise, I wet sand to about 12000, then sometimes I'll use
either a plastic polish or sometimes just a bar of hard carnuba.
 
Les,
I'm cutting way back on my pen making, but love to do antler... can't keep them in stock... I usually put my clips on a straight side... leave the bark visible. Seems to enhance the sales a little. Those are some really nice turning... how do you finish yours... I usually don't put anything on them, unless I'm into the marrow, then I'll use cA to smooth the marrow... otherwise, I wet sand to about 12000, then sometimes I'll use
either a plastic polish or sometimes just a bar of hard carnuba.

Chuck,

I just sand to 400x, buff with super fine steel wool and polish with Hut Ultra Gloss.
For the marrow antler I use Thin CA first and then finish with Med CA, sand to 400x, buff with super fine steel wool and polish with Hut Ultra Gloss.

Works great for me!

Les
 
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