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I thought about just leaving it but the crack goes right up to the pin, and the scales are pretty thin to begin with so I'd be too nervous that the pin would break through while...

Sorry, but as a complete restoration noob I just want to clarify what lined scales are. So I'd have rectangular pieces of ivory (or bone, whatever) -- say the length from pin to pin -- and then...

Got a nice, inexpensive lot of razors and brushes off eBay delivered this past weekend. Amongst the razors was a C.V. Heljestrand (my first Swede!) in what-seems-to-be ivory scales.

Unfortunately...