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Here's a pic from an excellent french book - Rasoir a Droit - that shows a later version of the press. I doubt that they changed much over the years, though:

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BTW, I work with a lot of...

Boiling in water was a prolonged process - anywhere from 1 to 2 hours.

Boiling in water will get you to around 212 degrees, the mould-press should be around 300 - 350 degrees. To give you some...

Originally, the horn (when rendered soft by boiling) was put into a cast iron mould that both shaped and impressed a pattern (if required) into the horn. For just one pair of scales a three piece...

Eric you are right - it is one layer of horn. The horn was boiled, the top cut off and the side split and then pressed flat. The it was split into layers of the required thickness, then...