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(12-22-2016, 08:21 AM)rleete Wrote: Also, have you ever had problems with the antler splitting over time?  About half of those I have made have split, and that's with dried antler.

Hi Greg
If I may chime in, we found that using Cyanoacrylate, gosh that's a mouthful, the very liquidy version of "Super Glue" liberally all over the piece, before the final finish, helps to bond the Ivory, Giraffe Bone, Horn, non-Stabilised Woods, and even Antler and stop it from future cracking/splitting.
This liquidy runny version is perfect as it enters and bonds all cracks, pores etc.
It's like a form of "Stabilising" but without the Vacuum process.
In fact there's a fine craftsman in the States, Scott Slobodian, if I recall correctly, who only uses this glue completely over his fancy Knife Handles, and the finish is only to drool over. Absolutely classical and Beautiful.
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