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well i went ahead and went wild on that FW Engels. this time knowing what i was doing the inlays pratically fell off as if theyd never been glued to begin with.

for anyone looking to salvage...

after rumaging through my resto pile i found another candidate that looks like it might want its inlays transfered to some new scales, a FW Engels Special. the current scales are warped and stained...

well i managed to remove the inlays and keep them intact. i used a variation of C utz's idea using boiling water instead of a hairdryer. this makes it alot easier to work with the scales (don't gotta...

i like the carb cleaner idea, it makes sense (break down what you don't want, keep what you do)

ya they are set in there pretty damn good. I was thinking of maybe boiling the bejeesus out of them to soften/break down the glue and try, i thought of using a heat gun but i think i'd probably just...

has anyone ever tried/successfully removed the inlays from scales? I have a broken set of C-Mon scales that i would like to salvage the inlays from for use on a handmade set of scales. how would one...