Has anyone got experience with bending horn?
I've got a cow horn's and want to use the last few inches (the dense tip) to try and make a small horn fire piston. The curved tip of the cowhorn would be more usable to me if it would be straight.
As horn is a thermoplastic material I know that one can apply heat to make it pliable and then force the material in the wanted configuration. Cooking in water is my first option but for how long? Animal glue is made in the same manner and I don't want my horn tip to turn into glue
Any information on the subject would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Tom
I've got a cow horn's and want to use the last few inches (the dense tip) to try and make a small horn fire piston. The curved tip of the cowhorn would be more usable to me if it would be straight.
As horn is a thermoplastic material I know that one can apply heat to make it pliable and then force the material in the wanted configuration. Cooking in water is my first option but for how long? Animal glue is made in the same manner and I don't want my horn tip to turn into glue
Any information on the subject would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Tom