Thread: Can it be repaired?

Originally Posted by DaveTheGeordie

Don't suppose you'd be up for it Neil? Do you have an address I can send my razors to for honing by your good self? Saves emailing you through your site again

Sure - send me a PM and I'll give you the details.

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

I recall threads about filling in chips/bites/holes in horn, though I can't remember what with. Perhaps some glue or epoxy with stuff in it for texture/color. That could be another option. If it were my personal razor, I'd leave it (unless the rest of the razor were perfect), but that's just me.

Holli - I have powdered up horn, mixed it in with epoxy until the colour looked OK, but it always seems to dry lighter. The next time I did it I made the mix even darker, but still couldn't get a decent match. Left to my own devices I would probably swap out the entire scale, repolish the lot and repin.

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

Holli - I have powdered up horn, mixed it in with epoxy until the colour looked OK, but it always seems to dry lighter. The next time I did it I made the mix even darker, but still couldn't get a decent match. Left to my own devices I would probably swap out the entire scale, repolish the lot and repin.

Regards,
Neil

My trick is to use horn powder and epoxy or CA glue, then rough the surface on both sides of the join with low-grit sandpaper, paint it with black India ink, put a light layer of CA on then sand it back down. It all evens out nicely then.