So, I used my super-high-tech, very expensive custom horn scale press to straighten up them scales for that Chabrol a Paris razor. First I soaked them in hot water and tried getting them bendy. But they still came out like this:
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Here is my super-high-tech, very expensive custom horn scale press, made from a slab of vintage distressed reclaimed lumber:
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Here is what it looks like loaded with the scales in parchment paper prior to
And here is the result after an hour or maybe 90 minutes at 250 F, then an hour of cooling in the press after being removed from the oven:
Now it's time to fill in the bug bites with epoxy. But I have to go to the airport again tomorrow afternoon so I won't be able to finish the process until next weekend.