I can't believe nobody's answered this.
I used to live in OKC they had a knife shop that sold sambar antler. I used it several times. It is very consistent , easy to work and quite nice. I prefer it over american deer antlers as it isn't porous. Just remember to not push hard when drilling it so as to not blow out the backside of the hole. I always just start my hole with the matching size to the blade, but stop before going through. I then take a smaller drill bit and finish the hole. Then you can finish by drilling from the outside of the scale using the pilot hole. It buffs out with just a cotton buff as it is a bit on the soft side. It really shines. If you sand off all the brown stag markings to a smooth surface it looks like ivory.
I would be careful about breathing the dust if you grind it as with most anything, but especially animal products.
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