Spent brass ideas

[Pablo]

Any thoughts on what to do with the spent brass you took an animal with? Reloading is an obvious choice, but was thinking about maybe a shadow box or a display of some kind. Maybe each one with the trophy pic?
I have a friend who, for each trip, drilled holes and tied them together and keeps them on his desk. He’s getting a pretty good collection.
Gracias!

 

[Longwalker]

Special ones I engraved with a Dremel tool and put on a shelf in my gun room. I admired the first ones for a time. But then they became a nuisance because, I accumulated too many - and after all, they're just empty casings. I got rid of them all in the recycling bin. I may have been happier if I'd only saved one or two.

 

[Mawzer308]

You could inset them on the trophy shield, I've seen others turned into cuff links too. Agree with the above post, after a while they accumulate and become a nuisance,unless they have particular sentimental value.

 

[Wyatt Smith]

You could make ceiling fan chain pulls. I seated bullets in mine so they look like cartridges.

 

[PARA45]

I have a friend who has them displayed on a shelf made from barn wood, and he puts in a Dollar inside them. The important ones I have, just have a date and the animal taken, written with a Sharpie.

 

[Firebird]

I do the same-sharpie on each one with the date, bullet type, shot distance, species, location and outfitter/ph if there was one.
Mine reside in a glass fronted display case, the insides of which admittedly resemble something from the lair of “the Collector.”

 

[toxic111]

I have mine, as I will not reload brass that has harvested an animal (superstition on my part).

Nothing displayed as of yet, but they are kept, at least from my one & only Africa trip.

 

[Throwback]

I have my sons first whitetail deer skull mount on a plaque with the brass gorilla glued underneath it on the plaque, with a small plate that has the date, place and his name engraved. Did the same for my nephew's first animal, also a whitetail. Cheers

 

[Huvius]

One day I’ll use the bases of my old Brendan primed Kynoch brass for jacket buttons.
Having two flash holes, the Brendan bases are perfect to sew on.
I think it would be cool to have a nice jacket with 500 Nitro brass buttons!