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Photo Gallery: Bullets and Ink: A Man's Spin On Life
Submitted by Nicole Hensley, Web Producer
Monday, December 19th, 2011, 2:02pm
A plume of deer antler sprays in every direction as Wheeler works the edges to get the shape he wants.
Photo Credit: Nicole Hensley, KXLY4 Web Journalist
Wheeler sands down the deer antler to give it a shine and smooth it down.
Photo Credit: Nicole Hensley, KXLY4 Web Journalist
This is how the deer antler originated before Wheeler puts it to work.
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Wheeler shows off his favorite material - a chunk of Buckeye Burl and a pen is starting to make out of it.
Photo Credit: Nicole Hensley, KXLY4 Web Journalist
Cover Photo: Doyle Wheeler lathes a piece of plastic into what will soon be a pen adorned with camouflage styling.
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Wheeler works on the camouflage pen, giving it the shape he wants.
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Wheeler uses a soft sanding material to give the pen a perfect shien.
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The deer antler first has to be sanded down to get rid of the ridges. The material tends to fly every - all over everything.
Photo Credit: Nicole Hensley, KXLY4 Web Journalist
Wheeler is working on creating pens from the left over scraps of art from local artist, Edward Gilmore.
Photo Credit: Nicole Hensley, KXLY4 Web Journalist
One of Wheeler's next project is a making a pen out of snake skin. He has a rattlesnake skin hanging from a shop cupboard.
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KXLY reporter, Colleen O'Brien, checks out Wheeler's collection of skulls and bones that he plans on painting for art.
Photo Credit: Nicole Hensley, KXLY4 Web Journalist
KXLY reporter, Colleen O'Brien, checks out Wheeler's collection of skulls and bones that he plans on painting for art.
Photo Credit: Nicole Hensley, KXLY4 Web Journalist
Wheeler shares some of his favorite pieces of work at his home - some of the pens are made to represent coffee and firearms.
Photo Credit: Nicole Hensley, KXLY4 Web Journalist

We found Doyle Wheeler, owner of AmmoHeadesign, at his home working on the pens that made everything possible for him to become an artistic craftsman. They have a unique spin - they're made out of bullets - and just about everything else he can get his hands on from deer antlers to coffee beans. 

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