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I've continued to experiment with this, and as of tonight I think I've perfected the technique.

The first change is that I now drip tiny amounts of CA into the cavity, put a dollop of horn...

Awesome! Do you have any pics of it in use?

I am a fan of removing steps to achieve the same results. Especially steps that raise up a burning hair stink. ;)

It was getting this razor that got me off my butt to finally try this fix. There are a couple dings out of the pressed ornament that'll need filling in. For that one, I'll probably be going the epoxy...

Yeah, it was reading about the ivory repair technique that made me think of this. :)

I suppose if I'd matched the donor horn to the scales better I would've gotten a better result.

I end up with a lot of very old horn scales that I'd really rather fix than throw out. But some of them have huge chunks missing. I've been thinking about that and how to fix it, and here's my first...