Hello everybody!

This is my first post. For long time now i followed this Forum with great joy always being amazed by the razors people restore or make from scratch!

I have restored a few razors by myself now, working with wood and home made paper-micarta. Now I want to make some horn scales for a nice blade, but my first attempt failed

I got cow-horn in 2mm thickness, I traced the lines, cut out the scales, sanded them, polished and then I realized, that one of the scales warped. I did not use any powertools, but maybe the polishing by hand made the horn just a tick to warm. But my best guess is, that the horn warped due to stress in the material caused by inhomogenic structure.

Now my question is, how should I choose the horn blanks? How do you work with them? How do you bend them?

I would appreciate any tips on how to work with horn and how to treat it properly!

Thank you all very much for your help and have a nice start in the new year!

Moriz