Blood stains on stag??

Mixing detergent and bleach is harmless. Mixing ammonia and bleach is bad!
Soaking mineral oil into your stag is very bad-it softens and discolors it.
 
Zulus said:
For blood stains - hydrogen peroxide !

Try diluted 1:5 first
Stainless steel will not be affected for sure
Carbon steel just clean after and put some oil
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no.

actually the first thing to try is hot water in which a 'dishwasher tab' is dissolved.
i have a mini container where i store manually powderized dishwasher tabs. no matter how fresh or old the blood stain is, this soapy solution will break it down organically.

try this first. i am telling you.
 
hydrogen peroxide

unless you use dishwasher tabs on your open wounds :^O
 
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It's all about the blood !

Dishwasher stuff is crazy caustic, may destroy wood, horn, even cheap steel ...
I believe OP wants to remove blood stains, not handles :^)))
 
Hydrogen Peroxide is also pretty tough on organic material. I know this after fighting with diabetic foot ulcerations for 20 years...
It plays a "scorched Earth" game with tissue.
 
CWL said:
That's a lot of pith. It's like a crusty sponge and will only compress or break apart over time and needs to be filled-in with a hardener.

I suggest something like a clear wood hardener.
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Is this true? How can I fill it?
 
Bob Denman said:
Hydrogen Peroxide is also pretty tough on organic material. I know this after fighting with diabetic foot ulcerations for 20 years...
It plays a "scorched Earth" game with tissue.
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I'm very sorry, but this particular deer is long gone :^D
 
Organic material is what it is: living ord dead...
All I'm saying; is that there are less harsh tools available for the task.
"Not every spyder web needs a flamethrower..."
 
Thought crossed my mind, to use some laundry pre-soak treatment like Spray & Wash. Spritz it on the blood stains and let it sit for a couple or three minutes. Then scrub with an old toothbrush and rinse it all out with water. Blood stains come out of laundry via this method, and the treatment otherwise doesn't seem too aggressive to worry about causing harm to the material. Just an idea.

I also thought it may be OK to just leave it. As mentioned the blood will eventually brown out and become part of the character of the stag.
 
It’s a shame Grohman did that. Those slabs were not suited to be used that thick. Most of the pith should have been removed even though the slabs would be thinner.

You can soak in a hardener maybe superglue? Or a wax, preferably one that will harden. Stop using mineral oil on it.

Best thing would be to remove the slabs thin them out at least a little and then you will have better access to apply hardener.

Or thin them a lot removing most if not all of the pith. Then if they are too thin back them up with a layer of hard stable wood like ebony.

This is the reason Sambar Stag has historically been the best choice. It is very dense with very little pith.

If it’s just Stag it means it’s from some other species of deer. Their antlers just aren’t as dense as Sambar Stag antlers.
 
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Obsessed with Edges said:
Thought crossed my mind, to use some laundry pre-soak treatment like Spray & Wash.
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in theory sounds logical. but in practice your typical laundry washing machine detergent and pre-laundry spritz does **** :poop: to old blood stains. i have much experience with getting brown blood out of clothes.
 
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kreisler said:
in theory sounds logical. but in practice your typical laundry washing machine detergent and pre-laundry spritz does **** :poop: to fresh or old blood stains. i have much experience with getting blood out of clothes. so i know what actually works and what not so really.

washing machine laundromat detergent = zero
dishwasher tabs in hot water = 100

sorry for being the smart aleck here but whenever i post a contribution on dis forum, i vouch for it because i practice the tips myself .

dishwasher tabs it is.
i never tried hydrogen peroxide tho.
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With blood stains that aren't too old, i.e., if they're not brown/black, I've had luck using that method (meaning it's NOT just my theory, I've proven it for myself), which is why I put it out there. The stains on that stag still looked red, so I figure it's something to give a try first, with much less risk than some of the other methods suggested.
 
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