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    Thread derailment specialist. Wullie's Avatar
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    I can see how you might think that, however if you look at these pictures, the scales are made without the wedge. The horn was left high where the wedge would normally be thus making half a wedge on each scale.






    The beetle bite on the left is on the inside of the scales.

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    De-pinned it and straightened and cleaned up the scales... are you sure it's horn?

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    Absolutely, it is called Mottled Horn and was made to look like Tortoise, very common scales on the Joseph's and Frederick's from Sheffield. Many of the old horn is dyed, even the "Black" often was not really Black it was dyed that way..
    I just took a set of clear honey horn of an old W&B the other day that were made with the same built in wedge, you even find that in newer Celluloid scales...

    The flaking is called De-laminating as horn ages it flexes and straightens, without care are the layers start to separate remember these scales were made under Heat/Steam and pressure...
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    Glen - I had framed almost that exact reply - but you beat me to it! Deflated...

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    Hehehe dats ok you beat me to all the ones in the Welsh hone threads I owed ya at least one

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    Appreciate the response... although I warn you... I'm probably going to be nothing but questions for months to come...

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    Sorry I am late to the party, but want to say: It was probably a real looker in its day.

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