These are the last 4-7 inches of the points on the antlers. They are suitable for dog chews, but we intend them to be used more for antler project work. The point tips are beautiful, smooth, ivory like material, but they are the more dense outter edge of the antler, and contain less bone marrow. Other companies will sell these in their Whole Antler Dog chews, and we believe that is a rip off. We sell these by the pound!