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DC:
The reground spade bit is the way I do it. I have a conical die for my die grinder but it just fills up because it's too fine. You need something more aggressive for horn. The hard part is trying to hang on to the tip while drilling it. If anyone has a tip for holding weird shapes I would appreciate it. :)

Ringeck85:
Idea (please correct me if this would not work for some reason? I officially have not tried it, just thinking)

You could leave the outside horn piece somewhat roughened and squared (not rasped/filed to final form for a few mm) and just clamp it tightly in a vice at a convenient angle?  Then once you have the hole drilled roughly how you want it, check the fit, use a rat tail rasp or something else finer to get the shape just right to fit, and Then when the bow tip hole is shaped to your liking, you take the horn out of the vice and rasp/file to shape.

meanewood:
I've found the best way to grip a horn tip in a vice is to use 2 pieces of balsa wood on each side and when tightening the vice the balsa crushes around the horn and forms a solid moulded grip.

bownarra:
Just grind the sides flat :)

DC:

--- Quote from: bownarra on November 02, 2019, 02:13:04 am ---Just grind the sides flat :)

--- End quote ---
Sometimes you have a piece of horn that just doesn't have enough meat to file flats into but it is big enough to make a tip.  I have 5 min epoxied pieces of wood to the sides to make flats.
The balsa sounds like a plan to try.
It's not just for ELB type horn tips. Just trying to cut horn for overlays can be tough. it's hard to get hold of.

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