and the fact that it is a perfect handle material,
I am one who will disagree with this. I consider the material fine for fancy belt knives that stay in the belt, or fancy carving sets that stay in the kitchen, but any time I've ever used a knife with an antler handle I've found that when you get blood on the hands they tend to get slippery. Since knifes that are used often get blood on them I find that I hate them for real use. A knife that is slippery is a danger to the user.
Don't know if eveyone finds this out with use, but I know I'm not the only one.