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Drilling the tang took literally all of 2 seconds, not including finding the drill, clamping the blade down, etc. Down, up, done. Cutting and installing the bushing was maybe another minute of actual...

The drilling actually took about 2 seconds. It was no more difficult than drilling anything else, even with my cheap drill. Then I cut and installed the bushing. Sanded and polished the whole blade...

You're right. I was hoping for one of my usual hideously-overcomplicated contraptions, but I think the only sane way is to just drill the thing out.

I ordered some replacement scales and sanded the blades. It turns out the cell rot had caused quite a bit of pitting along both faces of one blade, so what I'd thought was mostly a buffing job turned...

Well, I guess I've answered my own question. Curiosity got the better of me and I took the scales off the worst-looking of the pair. I can confirm celluloid, as evidenced by the scent of camphor and...

Yep. My mistake here is I compressed the photo down to the point where the gold wash looks like rust and the pivot rust doesn't show very well. At 18 megapixels, everything is pretty clear, at 39K,...

No, it's rust under the scales. Outside of the scales is the gold wash. Rust under amber plastic is kind of hard to get to show up in a picture.

I've got a pair of Genco Gold Seals that need new scales eventually, but while I'm getting my act together I'm concerned that just letting them sit in their current condition may cause further...