Okay then,  some alternatives to divorce precipitating antler chandeliers;
 alternative uses for antlers, continued...

Thinking back to our (early) origins, antlers were rather valuable items,
both for trading as well as basic survival...

The sharp tines of deer antlers were used for pressure flaking/
resharpening arrow heads (in flint knapping).  Moose billets (the heavier
thicker parts of the antler nearer the skull) were the traditional striking
tool for bopping larger bits of flint in the initial shaping process,  to
create 'preforms' that could be then shaped into useful tools (knives,
lance heads, drills etc).  The deer antler tines/moose billets are still
used by experimental archaeologists trying to reverse engineer the
techniques for making the various stone tools that have been found at
archaeological digs.

 If you are interested, a quick google video search will give you several
excellent flint knapping videos.  There is a very large, very active
community world wide (they are much like us, actually) who work diligently
to recreate the stone tools found by archaeologists.  I encourage you to
have a look at what they have been able to accomplish.  Some of the it is
quite remarkable.

  As far as the 'galootishness' factor is concerned, stone tool craftsmen
have it, in spades!

Claudio in Waterloo

On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Joseph Sullivan 
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