Thread: My first ERN

Just got this crown and sword in the mail. needs a little love but the cleanest blade I've gotten from the bay. Blade needs some sanding and polish and the scales have a crack. But should be a slam dunk.

Looks like a nice grab, in pretty good shape. Like the scales, too bad they're cracked.

Originally Posted by ne0nblakk

Looks like a nice grab, in pretty good shape. Like the scales, too bad they're cracked.

I'm going to find a way to salvage them. That logo is to bad ass to give up on.

you could always just replace the one side.

Originally Posted by RezDog

you could always just replace the one side.

I may go that route. Not sure yet. Have to determine what the material is. Obviously not horn. Probably not acrylic. So its gotta be Bakelite or celluloid.

or rubber.

Originally Posted by 10Pups

or rubber.

Well that would be a problem to match. Any suggestions on how to determine the scale material?

Am with Pups, is hard rubber.

When you take it apart you may see it in the break. If it's smooth in the crack then probably cell. If it's grainy probably bakelite. Never saw the inside of rubber but I was told this Fox Cutlery razor I have is in rubber. The outside had a brownish tan color that looked like a faded die. When sanding it smelled kind of like molasses. I would take it apart, look and see. Then I would glue it back nice and straight and see how well it holds. Maybe put a thin liner on the backside and sand down the wedge to make up for it. You could just glue it to the wedge and when you glue it sand right away to get some into the crack like a filler. May come out dandy, maybe pulling your hair out :<0) Good luck.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Am with Pups, is hard rubber.

So if its hard rubber I have two questions.

1. Could I use a model casting kit and make a mould from the cracked scale and use a hard latex to make a copy of the broken scale?

2. How would I go about restoring hard rubber???