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The traditional handcrafting of a horn comb requires 17 successive steps. A meticulous work that combines manual address, physical endurance and machine control.
- Sawing: cut the horn into three pieces, biscayer, gorget.
- Biscayer: open and unroll the central piece of the horn
- Scratching: leveling, biscayer or gorging a thickness
- Straighten: flatten plate (hydraulic or manual press)
- Mark: draw model outlines on flattened plates
- Crop: cut the plates according to the sketches
- Carrer: format the plates and sketch them
- Shaping: thinning the blanks on the side of the teeth
- Grosser: cutting the big teeth of the comb
- Stader: cutting the small teeth of the comb
- Planeter: clean and smooth the comb
- Baguetter: make a groove along the comb, back side
- Beading: working the big teeth of the comb
- Appoint: working the small teeth of the comb
- Sanding: remove the streaks made with the grinding stones (with a mixture of powdered pumice and water)
- Polish: shine the combs (with a cloth)
- Mark: put the mark on the combs