How were original production screwtips finished?

[Habu]

I got to wondering about that today.  Given the large-scale production of the factories, were the horns scraped to a finish, were they "polished" on belts or wheels charged with abrasives, or what? 

[The Original Griz]

If ya ever get to hold one in your hand you will feel and see the "flats" on them indicating that they were scraped with a knife or cabinet scraper type of tool. But that is just my feeble observation from the ones that I saw.

[skillman]

I'm in Tims camp. Every original horn I've had in my hands has been scraped. It's sometimes hard to tell with the wear.

Steve

[Habu]

Thanks to you both for the replies. 

I asked because of the horns I've examined recently, I've not been quite sure what the original method of finishing was.  Some had clearly been scraped, but others had just as clearly been finished with abrasives of some kind.  I wasn't sure if it varied between factories, or over time, or what. 

[The Original Griz]

i can imagine that some of the "finer" horns of the day were probably polished with a rotten stone/wood ash/ who knows what they used to polish something, but I doubt that was the normal procedure due to time and production. That extra time may have been spent while making a presentation horn but not on the average everyday horn that was just scraped to get it finished and out the door. as always, just my thoughts.