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    Default Improvised restoration technique

    A little more than a month ago I bought a very nice blade on Ebay, a Gilbert Brothers Eclipse, quite particular in shape. The blade is very nice, but the seller was so able in taking pictures that he could deceive me about the scales...
    When I got the box from the courier this is what I found:

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    The accursed horn worms had eaten large bits in the scales, and it was impossible to see on the pictures!!!
    Well, I was contemplating the damage (and the beautiful blade ) when the telephone rang and the razor slipped from my hands, falling on the desk I was sitting at... with this result:

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    Now, I just don't like the idea to rescale and old razor, so I always make my best tho save its original scales. If this accident on one side offered me the opportunity to thoroughly clean the inside of the scales, on the other side I had to find a way to get the broken scale back to life...
    After a couple of days I got the illuminating idea: cianoachrylate (is it the right spelling?) glue, in its gel form...
    So I bought some of it and started rebuilding the scale. Here are some pictures along the process:

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    Tonight it seemed to me that the glue was dry enough to start working it, so I sandpapered it to bring it at level with the horn. Here is the result:

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    Now the scale is complete again. The main problem with this method is that you cannot add colour to the glue, so it remains white. I could fill all of the other holes in this way and get solid scales, but I don't like an old blade to wear harlequinesque scales, so I will leave them as they are...

    I would like to know if somebody has ever tried this technique, and if somebody has suggestions to improve the appearance of these scale please let me know!

    Cheers,
    Mauri

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    Looks like you did a good job of the repair. You really didn't have much to start with. I like leaving the razors as original as possible and am happy to see I am not alone.
    “If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” (A. Einstein)

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    I have done this with a 2 part epoxy. The hardener has a yellowish colour.
    Very hard to get a perfect match & I applaud your work to save the scales.
    http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...le-repair.html
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    Looks like you did a pretty good job, maybe you can try a magic marker or combo of two or three to get close to that color. Just a thought.

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