Loose Horn?

I picked up my first horn-scaled razor this week, a TI. Absolutely beautiful. Unlike my plastic, wood, and more recently purchased bone-scaled razors however, the horn scales seems quite loose. Holding it scale-side up, the blade would drop a few inches. I first wondered if my purchase was secretly refurbished and sold as new. After some research, it seems TI scales can be hit or miss, so I did what Mr. Abrams recommended in a maintenance video and that helped a bit.



Fast forward to today, the fiancé had me meet her at Tyson's Corner Center after work by her office. They've got an Art of Shaving there, so I figured I'd check it out as I waited for her to arrive. I BS'd with a girl that worked there for a bit on everything shaving related and noticed they had the same (albeit rebranded AoS) Theirs-Issard straight razors. Guess what? Just as loose! She thought it might be a horn thing, but I'm wondering if it's a TI thing. Any opinions on this, B&B? Perhaps horn scales expand and collapse with the weather? Let me know what you've experienced!