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  1. 03-21-2014, 01:53 AM #1
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    Default Pieta restore

    Restored for a customer of mine at the barber shop.

    Pieta Silver Steel 458, 6/8"

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  2. 03-21-2014, 01:58 AM #2
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    Let me see let me see let me see!
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    Oh and....Original scales were celluloid plastic Bakelite who knows...had shrunk so remade in brown Buffalo horn
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    The spine work looks interesting. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

    Looks like I should have waited a couple of minutes before posting. Nice save, I bet your customer will be very pleased.
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    that's beautiful man! looks like it was a lot of fun, the horn scales look good on it. is that inlay or applique from the original scales as well?
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    Quote Originally Posted by silverloaf View Post
    that's beautiful man! looks like it was a lot of fun, the horn scales look good on it. is that inlay or applique from the original scales as well?
    Yes I reapplied the original brass "Pieta" inlay onto the buffalo horn scales.
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  8. 03-21-2014, 05:06 PM #8
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    did you get a chance to try out that beauty?
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    Still honing on it, had a frown to begin with and has been hateful, took a break, but the bevel is getting close.....its just being a pita rather than a pieta
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    haha, ive got a lot of the pita's but no pieta! I'm gonna keep my eyes out for one now though, I love the spinework on that one.
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