Osage Curing

[longstick]

I guess you could say Im blessed with the amount of osage around our trad club.. I picked up 1 real nice chunk about 9" diam and a foot long. With lots more for the grabbing. Would make a TON of knife handles but Im not sure how and when to work the wood. Do I split it into small staves and let it cure or just jump on in split and work it then let it cure?

[lowell]

I just made a knife handle from an osage stave that was not good for making a bow.  I cut it down with a band saw and did some sawing on the table saw.  

Depends what you have to saw a piece of wood with. May have to split it enough to get in band saw!!