The "alternative" uses some find for bonsai tools can be a little weird.
The owners of one local bonsai nursery have pot bellied pigs for pets. They once mentioned on an online pot bellied pig disucssion board that they used the splitters to trim their pets' hooves. They were immediately flooded with requests for the splitters from fellow pig owners and now sell more trunk splitters for use as hoof trimmers than they do for bonsai
