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Actually, all you need to have is the ability to convert a scan to vectors, it doesn't have to be drawn in vectors to start with. There are online conversion sites, and someone with Photoshop can...

Thanks for the kudos. As far as the designs, they begin as two dimensional, black and white artwork. Just draw it with a black pen or assemble it from black and white clip art and scan it in high...

I had read that, but I'm still not sure I understand the tallow and flowing keratin bit. If we could get the keratin to flow, that would be super. So far for me, it tries to defy pliability, much...

Oops, left out the word oil. 100 percent neatsfoot.

Thanks, I certainly hope so. Compared to the craftsmen that reside here, I'm just a duffer.

Xnay on the "boiling" horn. I heated a slab yesterday, and took it to a little higher heat and longer period. When the micro bubbling stopped, I took it out to find that it had shrunk badly. Flat...

Zak, you'll notice I titled the thread"A method...", it's certainly not, "THE method". Every day I find a new problem, or learn something that confounds me. I had thought CNC work, and Owosso does...

I am hoping that others will refine the process and think of things that I haven't. There is a vast area of experimentation out there to try. One advantage the old guys had was that they had tons of...

I have boiled the horn in Neatsfoot, and was amazed to watch micro bubbles escape the horn as the remaining moisture was replaced with oil. It is also interesting that the horn is immediately not...

I have a strong graphic arts background. I used an inexpensive graphic convert to vectors program. Designing requires at leat a passing knowledge of graphics and the company I mention has very...

Yes, I have a strong graphic arts background. You're on your own, and please experiment and report back. My first experiments were with boiled horn and a vise. If you have a big vice, it will work,...

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Having read everything I could on the internet and other sources on the old methods of pressing horn, I finally, after much experimentation, have gotten to where I can at least produce a...