stabilized antler

[wisconsin wood butcher]

  I've been messing with stabilizing wood now elk antler i made the scale close to fit then went through the steps to stabilize them and on the last step of curing they warped. ive reheated and clamped them to the tang . that didnt work so maybe i should've done the antler before making them into scales?

[Pine]

With antlers I have had good success using wood hardener. Doesn't change the shape and just light sanding gets them ready to epoxy. 

[wisconsin wood butcher]

 the update is two weeks clamped down to the handle took a lot of the warp out we will see how it looks when i get it finished. i did stabilize a section of antler now to see how it works after i split it into handles