deer hooves

[bluegill]

Hello Gang,

Has anyone used deer hooves as bow tip overlays? I was thinking on trying it but am unsure how to go about popping off the hoof. If any bowyers have done it I would appreciate any information you could provide.

Thanks Sean

[vermonster13]

Brent Rudolph at Black Mountain can do it. You may want to shoot him an e-mail.

[John Scifres]

You can soak in almost boiling hot water for 5 minutes and they will pop right off. I've made rattles out of them but not used them for overlays.  They really, really stink when you grind them.

[bluegill]

Thanks for the replies I'll give it a try today.

John I have that stave I got off of you down to the lines and about ready for a long string, so far so good.

Sean

[Bert Frelink]

I have used both Boar as well as Moose hooves for overlays, both are very easy to do, hard to explain.
Just take the plunge and try, PM me and I will try and explain better than this.
Regards, bert.