Not wood but still knife handle material. Picked this shed up while hiking 15 years ago. I was always going to put it in the flower bed in the front of the house. When ever I thought about it I just couldn't bring myself to do it. Now I know why. There are plenty of usable pieces and leftover to experiment with dye, and finish.
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Ty,
With Elk antler's, you have several possibilities, one is that if it has a thick wall and it should, you can sand down
all the character that it has and it polishes out to look a lot like Mammoth Ivory! And really needs NO coating! And
it gnerally stays that way for a long time, the only maintenace is buffing it up with a buffer, every once in a while.
Now if you want to make it amber, thats easy enough, all you need is Potassium Promanganate, and don't on my spelling
being correct on that one! All you have to do is cut it to size, and if you plan on doing slabs, go ahead and split them, also
if your using a bandsaw which is about the best way, that I have done, be VERY CAREFUL, as it will kick back on you snatch
the material out of your hand, it's basically about as fun as a root canal! But if you're careful, get your blade speed right it
should do well. I've been wanting to try cutting it with a table saw, but you will need a way to hold it down without cutting
your fingers off! Or it getting slung across the room possibly impailing it in something or worse someone! So if that's your
only option be EXTREMELY careful! If you have any questions, feel free to ask, Rex
