Anybody ever tried to use these for handle material?
I may buy one from a friend of mine and see how dense it is.
Mike

Mike, I haven't tried them, but fowl bones are generally softer/more porous than mammal bones. Stabilization would probably help considerably. Let us know how you do with them.

Mike,

As Don said birds generally have bones with abundant air spaces, some even hollow. This is to keep things as light as possible for flying. However, ostrich, cassowary and relatives don't fly and their bones are much more solid. The upper leg bone has some internal spaces but the lower leg bone which takes most of the shock/stress of running is more or less solid. So if it is lower leg bone - give it a try. By the way, native folks in Papua New Guinea make knives, daggers really, of cassowary leg bones. It is pretty tough stuff for sticking purposes that is.
John