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Custom Mouthpiece Stand/Holder

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I finally had the means, motive, and opportunity to make this happen today after sitting on this baby moose antler for the best part of 15 years.

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Very nice! :clap:

Did you just drill holes, or are they tapered a bit?
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Thank you! 3/4” drill bit and softened the edges with a dremel tool.
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Big Francis wrote: Mon May 27, 2024 1:45 pm ... after sitting on this baby moose antler for the best part of 15 years.
Awesome!

But you MUST have had more comfortable seating available than that over the last 15 years. :facepalm2:

#dadjokes
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bort2.0 wrote: Mon May 27, 2024 7:06 pm
Big Francis wrote: Mon May 27, 2024 1:45 pm ... after sitting on this baby moose antler for the best part of 15 years.
Awesome!

But you MUST have had more comfortable seating available than that over the last 15 years. :facepalm2:

#dadjokes
I came here to make this exact joke. Why are we like this?

Edit to add to the discussion and not just be a hanger-on: this is very cool, and I would love to have a little display thing like this. Good news for me, if Frank has just one antler, the other one's gotta be out there somewhere.
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The difficulty lies in finding a small antler. Here it is next to an adult antler.

The small antler was probably shed by a 1- or 2-year-old moose. The adult antler would probably take up half my desk.
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