Now Randy! I never called you pigheaded! :banghead: Just stubborn! :D
I started on this one as the pearl was loose at the bottom. I carefully unpinned the mop from the liners, subsequently busting one of the bottom sections I was trying to preserve! Needless to say, the bottom sections got a bit shorter and new holes were drilled for the inner pin. I could not find 1/32 silver wire, (stubborn!) so I drilled everything out and did 1/16. The pearl was adhered to the liner with "Goop" and the pin was lightly peened until just tight. Then, I cut, sized, sanded, and fit the top sections, adding a CA'd Bakelite separator. The ivory was also adhered before peening. Then the Dremel drum came out and buzzed it down to the metal of the liner. From there, as Randy said, It was all file and sandpaper.
Being no artist nor carver, I tried to do lilys, but it wound out looking like crow footprints!
Best thing I did and learned from is pearl crumbles under pins. I used reinforced collars from Babur and sized the holes in the pearl so the collars would go thru the pearl and the ivory as well and dead end on the metal liners. This gives a way to make them nice and tight and save the scales from undue pressure.