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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 256959, member: 360"]Assistance, please, from knowledgeable people!</p><p><br /></p><p>My ivory chopsticks are the same length...but not the same shape! They're both rather warped/bent from age, and I'm trying to straighten them out and remove the kink. </p><p><br /></p><p>I've read online that the best way to do this is to clamp the chopstick to a flat surface, and to apply steam to it, to re-moisten the ivory and work out the warping. Is this safe to do? It seems easy enough, although apparently it can take a while.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 256959, member: 360"]Assistance, please, from knowledgeable people! My ivory chopsticks are the same length...but not the same shape! They're both rather warped/bent from age, and I'm trying to straighten them out and remove the kink. I've read online that the best way to do this is to clamp the chopstick to a flat surface, and to apply steam to it, to re-moisten the ivory and work out the warping. Is this safe to do? It seems easy enough, although apparently it can take a while.[/QUOTE]
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