Quote Originally Posted by Spc. Scott View Post
I didn't realize that roe deer antlers had no pith. I've used whitetail antler to put a new handle on a couple knives and the pith is really the thing that makes the way I learned it possible.
Roe deer antlers do in fact have pith-but not so much in the very early varieties, at least it isn't as porus. I have been planning a sgian-but am at odds whether to partially slab tang it and cross pin into a larger roe antler, or go with a small stag crown I have-the stag crown is like a starfish inside, and I have no idea how to work with it. Yet. I don't have the skill to make natural materials like ivory and wood beautiful with most things-the spike roe deer antlers make it a lot easier, at least with small things like by-utinsels.