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Blacktail:
I was wondering how many guys on here do mostly abo work...if you have any photos of your tools that is what i am looking for...i have some bone and want to shape them...ALSO,does any one use elk antler for billets...i can buy some from a guy..but i think elk is kind pithy for billets...just looking into some abo tools.thanks john

Hillbilly:
I do all my percussion with stone, antler, or wood. I use copper pressure flakers pretty often. Moose and whitetail deer are my favorite antlers for billets, but elk should work if you get the base. If it's a little light, just swing it harder.

mullet:
  Elk doesn't hold up like Whitetail and moose. You have to grind it smooth a lot more.

billy:
I've never used elk antler billets.  I have a mule deer antler billet that is VERY pithy, but the end near the rosette (where it attached to the skull) is pretty dense.  My dad poured some lead in it and that helped beef up the weight.  If elk is all you've got then by all means use it.  I'm pretty much an abo knapper and don't use copper unless I'm stuck, and then once I get unstuck I go back to the antler. 

D. Tiller:
Copper boppers and flakers for me! No time to fool with animal byproducts.

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