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My horn bow build-a-long
DC:
I've been reading that horn is hygroscopic. Does this mean an extended drying period is necessary after boiling? Is it worse than wood?
JW_Halverson:
Any scrap left over will be tip overlays, nock inserts, knife scales, inlays, etc! No sense wasting any of it!
Full disclosure: I only posted that comment in order to get notifications of further additions to this post. I really don't wish to miss any of this.
DC:
So far it's just been a series of my questions ;D ;D. Here's another one spawned by JW's comment. The tips of the horn strip would make good ELB tips and some overlays. The tip of the horn goes in the handle. How wide is it likely to be there? I'm wondering how much of the tip I will be cutting off. I'd rather do it now while it's still full thickness.
DC:
So far all I've done is try to straighten some full thickness horn with limited success. I'm slowly rereading all the posts in the "Horn Bows" section and searching the web for videos. I remember there was some posted by an Slavic gentleman who was making a horn bow in his kitchen, it looked like. They were good and I can't find them now. JWB bows has a bunch but they are very short. If anyone has any links they would like to share I would be pleased.
Your bell is going to be dinging regular JW :D :D
Mafort:
Dry heat works well as I understand. I would take it down to a quarter inch and then use dry heat from a stove top to straighten it out. Go slow and be gentle. Have a friend or someone brush on some water while you’re straightening it up. I tied mine to a flat board and it retained a large amount of the straightening. I’ve got one more session to do today or tomorrow sometime and I’ll leave them be on the board till Sunday morning and then I’ll glue it to the core wood. I had a short elm stave that was good enough for the core.
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