Wood is Soft, but Bone Remains

Another callback to August:

as you can see, there's been a change

Yup, my wooden ring- my anniversary ring- has cracked and lost a piece of itself, revealing the underlying structure of antler.

Personally, I think it's better this way (although I'm annoyed at the "crafts person" who charged my husband for a faulty product)- but then I prefer bone to wood, as far as my wearable art goes.  Too bad nobody thought to make "bone" a traditional wedding gift...

...or did they?