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Mafort:
How do you all get your horn straight? I am having issues doing so

NorthHeart:
Need more details. What stage of the build are you in? Pics?

Mafort:
They’re already cut and thinned down to about 1/8”. I’d like to try and get them a bit straighter before I start the gluing process

JNystrom:
Boiling, steaming or heat gun. In that preferred order, for a short period of time only, horn bends quite easily. 5-10 minutes? Its important to not overdo it, heat weakens the horn.

By boiling the horns, you can actually bend really thick horn too, as people have shown when making those sheep horn bows.

Mafort:
I tried steam and boiling and they would not stay straight. I tried direct heat last night so I wonder how that worked out. I won’t unwrap them till Saturday at least. But it’s looking like they will curl again

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