Thread: I know this sounds strange but...

Originally Posted by smythe

Well... they would stick only the blade in the hot cornbread... the scales would melt it they simply placed the whole razor in the oven.

Does bone, horn, ivory, etc melt at 300?

Originally Posted by gratewhitehuntr

I was under the impression that the corn bread never reached 400-425

Hmm, it sounds like a good excuse to bake some cornbread tonight!

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

Does bone, horn, ivory, etc melt at 300?
Hmm, it sounds like a good excuse to bake some cornbread tonight!

My understanding is... those hard animal products will withstand those temps... especially bone... if you ever seen a burnt roast... the flesh may char but the bone is still intact.


I also celluloid would probably survive the hot cornbread... though it may soften a bit, I don’t think the blade would conduct that much heat to melt the celluloid… but I could be wrong.

Originally Posted by mparker762

I'm not sure why cornbread specifically, since you could just put the razor in the oven, wait 15 minutes, and get basically the same result.

Just a thought, it may be that being heated by being inside of something hot heats the blade more evenly. I know that for certain types of tempering, they will coat the steel in clay or other materials to even out, or carefully vary the way the metal heats and cools.

Originally Posted by gratewhitehuntr

I was under the impression that the corn bread never reached 400-425

I use cast iron for everything, and I love cornbread, so if I get a chance I'll cook some cornbread next week and stick a thermometer in it and see what temp it actually get's to. However, you're right that it can't get to 400-425. I don't know about other people's recipes, but I bake my cornbread at 350, so that "should" be the maximum temp it could reach.