So I got this gorgeous piece of horn today from an ebay seller who more than accommodated my request for a piece with some streaking-BAM!
http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/x...pswxndlxj8.jpg
But being horn, it's a little warped.
http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/x...psrgsoxmnm.jpg
Here is my attempt to flatten it. It's sandwiched (read, clamped down as tight as I could pull the pistol grips!) between a DMT8C and my mystery slate hone I call "the airport runway."
http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/x...psw5n3zyq0.jpgNot sure how much it will help, but I figure it can't hurt to leave it in there a while. I'm not in a big hurry to do this razor anyway, as it's going to be a Christmas present for my youngest son wrapped around this beautiful humpbacked Ern Ator blade:
http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps0njsjevw.jpg
I envision that blade in those scales in roughly the same shape as the original scales, and with a brass wedge, being a beautiful thing if I don't screw it up.:p
If you guys have any secrets for flattening horn, I'm all ears. I've heard about steam if anybody wants to elaborate on that. Thanks in advance! Aaron