Thread: Wade & Butcher FBU interesting prior scale restoration

This beauty arrived today and spent about an hour cleaning it up. It has a prior scale restoration that is interesting. I would have just replaced the damaged scale or made new horn scales. Horn may have not been available, so a canabilization of scale parts was his solution. Parts were joined using a thin steel strip and six pins to join the two scale pieces together. Not pretty, but appears to still be very functional. Two cracks are now apparent but still working well. I plan on keeping this as found but may try to fill in the cracks, possibly with CA. Probably not a good idea to take the pivot end apart as a steel nail was probably used vice brass or nickel silver round rod. Any suggestions on how to proceed is appreciated. Thanks, Austin