Fish bone for knife handles

[golok]

I was wondering if big, white and hard fishbones can be made into good, nice-looking handles.

I happened to come across a nice, great-looking walking stick one day at a curios shop. The proprietress told me that it was made of fishbone.

The thought that jumped into my head was "must be a big fish" because the walking stick was on the heavy side.

Now, has anybody turned fishbone into knife handles? Are they any good in the first place?