Skulls and Bone firesteels

Effin sweet I want one :).
By the way your hands are about as scarred up as mine nice to know I`m not the only one.
 
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Those look great!

Only thing that would be cooler would be clear molded plastic in the shape of the head when alive so you can still see the skeleton.

I'm thinking bowling ball with skull embedded... if that makes sense.
 
Wow - great work. I like those a lot. I had no idea Muskrat skulls would be that small once everything is removed.
 
Have you thought about having the skulls bronzed?

For durability, and general awesomeness.
 
Both the leg bones look like deer to me cut in half. Interesting how the muskrat looks like my squirrel skull. I have a beaver skull that looks like a larger version of the same. All rodents. Nice ferro rods. How do you think durability will be? The skulls are somewhat fragil. Nice work.
 
Skimo said:
Those look great!

Only thing that would be cooler would be clear molded plastic in the shape of the head when alive so you can still see the skeleton.

I'm thinking bowling ball with skull embedded... if that makes sense.
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Now that's an interesting idea. put he skull in a mold and fill with a clear acrylic or something, then drill your hole for the rod. The skull won't be so fragil and you can still see.
 
Loosearrow said:
Both the leg bones look like deer to me cut in half. Interesting how the muskrat looks like my squirrel skull. I have a beaver skull that looks like a larger version of the same. All rodents. Nice ferro rods. How do you think durability will be? The skulls are somewhat fragil. Nice work.
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The eye sockets are the only concern. How ever with all the epoxy I used, not to mention the 8 coats of hard shellac, they seem to be fine. If you put your thumb on the top of the cranium and pointer finger below you grip it just fine with no issues. The cranium with the rod is filled completely with epoxy, so thats more than solid:thumbup:
 
Man, now I have to go find a little rodent skull so I can make one of these. Those look AWESOME.
 
Loosearrow said:
Now that's an interesting idea. put he skull in a mold and fill with a clear acrylic or something, then drill your hole for the rod. The skull won't be so fragil and you can still see.
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That's what I was trying to say, very nice, I like the bronze dip idea too, I think that would end up looking sweet.
 
sweet! i have a ton of shells laying around so i used a .308 winchester shell. it fits a 5/8" rod perfectly.

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Skimo said:
That's what I was trying to say, very nice, I like the bronze dip idea too, I think that would end up looking sweet.
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Yeah, bronze them like they used to do with baby shoes. Or make a mold then pour them out. I'm sure some would wear them around the neck. Art work.
 
JV3 said:
sweet! i have a ton of shells laying around so i used a .308 winchester shell. it fits a 5/8" rod perfectly.

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Nice idea. When I saw that I thought you could cut the primer end off and put a small cork on it, fill the rest of the brass with PJ and cotton ballsl. Just glue the ferro rod as close to the end as possible. Nice idea, I like it.
 
SkogKniv said:
The eye sockets are the only concern. How ever with all the epoxy I used, not to mention the 8 coats of hard shellac, they seem to be fine. If you put your thumb on the top of the cranium and pointer finger below you grip it just fine with no issues. The cranium with the rod is filled completely with epoxy, so thats more than solid:thumbup:
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You could fill the eye socket in with some type of epoxy putty. Make like an eyeball for it and it might support the socket better. Just for grins. Nice work.
 
Skimo said:
That's what I was trying to say, very nice, I like the bronze dip idea too, I think that would end up looking sweet.
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Yeah, bronze them like they used to do with baby shoes. Or make a mold then pour them out. I'm sure some would wear them around the neck. Art work.
 
Loosearrow said:
Yeah, bronze them like they used to do with baby shoes. Or make a mold then pour them out. I'm sure some would wear them around the neck. Art work.
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The idea sounds cool, but keeping the bone looking as natural as I can seems more ideal to me. As far as I would go is maybe dyeing the skull black or something.
 
JV3 said:
sweet! i have a ton of shells laying around so i used a .308 winchester shell. it fits a 5/8" rod perfectly.
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I think you mean a 3/8", 5/8 is over a half inch and is larger than the case head. Although a 5/8 in a 50BMG shell would be awesome.

The skulls look really cool!
 
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