T-handle butcher's hook

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T-hooks come in real handy when your butchering a deer (grabbing hide while skinning, moving pieces, and separating muscle groups....etc... )   Thought I'd make my own using a piece of deer antler for the hand.using 1/4" stainless steel rod, I sharpened one end and bent it into a hook.  The other end I cut threads, screwed a nut on, and drilled  a hole for a pin.  This pin created a T that I counter-sunk into a milled out slit in the antler so that the hook wouldn't turn in the handle.  What would make this a welding project is welding a T on the end instead of using a hole-and-pin.  I don't have the equipment for welding stainless steel.  Anyway... as I tightened the nut, it pulled the "T" end into the handle making a tight seat.  Great thing to do with those small deer racks that start piling up.  Would make great Christmas gifts. Attached Imageshttp://www.youtube.com/user/c599209/videos
Reply:Very creative!  And it looks cool, too.(Retired) Professional firefighter, amateur everything else I try to do...Oh yeah:  Go Big Red!   (You know: one of the 12 members of the Big 10 cuz we left the 10 members of the Big 12...)
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Reply:Nice job Captain Belly, Always good to make your own gear thats both practical and cheap, Would have looked even better if the threads were not showing below the nut, Just a thought.Lincoln SP-170 MigHypertherm powermax 45Lorch T220 AC/DC TigButters FM 215 synergic MigKemppi 180 adaptive mig RULES ARE FOR THE OBEDIENCE OF FOOLS AND THE  GUIDANCE OF WISE MEN.