Bone Handle Question

[BEAVERMAN]

What nifeman said, or theres a technique for sealing bone that uses super glue and a vacuum canister, Jerry, if your gonna get real searious about making knives, might want to see if the local library system has a book called " The Complete Bladesmith" not sure of the author, but it's one heck of a knife building book! BTW they turned out pretty sweet!

[J.M.]

I like to use combinations of leather dye to give bone an aged look. Just experiment with different colors and coats to see what you get.Cut it with alcohol to dilute it and give it a couple of coats to get a nice aged effect. You can seal it with Butchers Wax. You can also seal it with superglue if you want. Just coat the bone with enough glue to seal it up. Sometimes a few coats are necessary. Once it dries you sand it smooth and buff it out. It usually gives a super gloss finish which does not always look good on something you want a patina on, too shiny/glassy for my tastes.