Sometimes It's Nice To Make Something For Yourself.

The DIW is a naturally oily wood. That set of scales is sanded to 1000 grit then repeatedly hand-rubbed to impart the oils on your hands onto it and then repeatedly giving it a shoeshine buff until you get the desired sheen. You don't have to rub on hands as DIW will shine up on it's own, but I believe it makes the process just a little faster. I have also had good results with good paste wax. Make sure your hands and buff cloth are clean also.
 
Working on that later today. You messed with my head with your antler work OP, the little voices are saying, "c'mon, you have some, tryyyy iittt..., ." Darn voices!
Please do! There is a great thread on the other forum about cutting elk antler. My pet sore sells really large pieces of elk for ~$40. Based on what I gleaned from that thread I should be able to get at least two pairs of scales from a large piece and end up with nice grain. This might be a better route to go than buying small and medium size pieces.
 
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