Looking for buttons

[Fedgunner]

I'm looking for, I'm guessing they are supposed to be dyed horn buttons like you see on some of the nicer Crail jackets,

My wife is doing a conversion on a charcoal tweed sport coat for me.

Thanks in advance!

[Friday]

Fedgunner
You might find what you are looking for at one of these sites

http://www.durangobutton.com/Products/bone03.htm

http://www.ganmbuttons.com/

http://www.buttonshoppe.com/horn3.htm

http://vintagebuttons.net/rubber.html

[The Wizard of BC]

Try these

http://highxpress.tripod.com/buttons.html

[Jock Scot]

Traditionaly the buttons,on a tweed Argyll, would and are still made out of red deer antler.I suppose some sort of hollow drill cuts them out.You chaps are not short of the odd antler over there, why not make your own?My tweed Argyll and waistcoat have buttons cut from the antlers of my eldest son's first stag.

[James MacMillan]

Traditionaly the buttons,on a tweed Argyll, would and are still made out of red deer antler.I suppose some sort of hollow drill cuts them out.You chaps are not short of the odd antler over there, why not make your own?My tweed Argyll and waistcoat have buttons cut from the antlers of my eldest son's first stag.

I did this on one of my jacket conversions. It was really quite easy, once I located a friend with the right tools.

I needed a band saw and belt sander. I used the band saw to saw little round slices from anltler ends and the slightly rounded the corners with the belt sander. I took them home and drilled two small holes for thread.

Once the tools were located, it took about a half hour.

[Fedgunner]

Thank you very much!

[Tartan Hiker]

I did this on one of my jacket conversions. It was really quite easy, once I located a friend with the right tools.

I needed a band saw and belt sander. I used the band saw to saw little round slices from anltler ends and the slightly rounded the corners with the belt sander. I took them home and drilled two small holes for thread.

Once the tools were located, it took about a half hour.

I'd use my band saw for this, too, but you can get by with hand tools. A fine-toothed coping saw and a small bastard-cut file and then 150-grit paper will do the job. Will take a bit of time, but you're only making a few. Don't forget to ease the edges of the drilled holes so that the antler doesn't cut your thread.

You've got a bodacious deer herd up there in MN, eh? Should be no problem locating a source for antlers. This time of year you can even find your own shed antlers in the woods if you look around a bit.