Thread: What are you working on?

I hear ya. Looks like the backside pivot collar has sunk into the horn. It just wobbles.
Also looks to have some brass under the pearl.
If there are no brass tubes going through that pearl...There will be!

I think.

Hopefully my skills are up to the task.
Should be some nerve-wracking fun, eh? :eek

Ha.!! Nerve wracking.. Whatcha talkin bout, Willis.
Just get it done..
Its not like it belongs to someone else.

Wanna buy it, Mikey? Make you a smoking deal!
Like a deal with the devil!

Nah....got a special one in the box yet.



7/8. Wade & Butcher

No MOP, no glory!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I hear ya. Looks like the backside pivot collar has sunk into the horn. It just wobbles.
Also looks to have some brass under the pearl.
If there are no brass tubes going through that pearl...There will be!

I think.

First look at those collars gives me one of those "woah, hold on a sec" moments. One wrong tap with the hammer...
But if skill is needed, you have it in spades.

I've never seen those before. I'd definitely opt for the tubes.

Question: if you have to widen those collar holes, will you be sinking in water? Or just wear a respirator?
... I definitely want to learn the little tricks with MOP.

Then start by learning to pin egg shells, Mike.

Their about like decomposing glass, in strength.

Repaired a MOP covered tang, once. Sure don't want any air voids between the pearl and steel.



I too, believe Tom's talents exceed this minor infraction.

A line from Jose Wales comes to mind..."Careful Jebb, I've seen him do some things"!

I'd actually posted part of this in the wrong place, earlier.
So let's finish it here....

Josh (JP5 ) sent me a razor that he wanted me to evaluate for repairs. ( If it could be saved ). Scales were cracked on the show side, from wedge to about mid scale, then turned up towards the blade. (Almost broke )

The back side had been busted, and poorly repaired, once before, with CA n Soda, so I soaked the break with CA remover to remove and clean up the previous repair.

After cleaning the gunk from the scales. I decided, Yes, it can be done, for the most part.

So I CAed the crack, and the two broken pieces, then epoxied two layers of 3/4 oz. fiberglass to each scale.
( Mikearta as Josh calls it )







Once cured, I trimmed the excess glass and epoxy, with a small chip carving knife, and smoothed it with a fingernail file.



The blade was in pretty good shape, although there is some pitting at the heel, on both sides, but not concerning to a clean bevel.

So I taped off the etch with scotch tape, and gave it a good cleaning with 3M metal restorer, pinned up in a separate set of scales for honing. (Didn't want to put any unneeded stress on the original scales)

Placed back into original scales, and pinned collarless, with S/N rod.





If your curious on how thick the glass repair is, this pic is of another set I've done this way. Almost not visible.!



BTW, the chip at the tip of the show side scale, was repaired with CA n Soda.

It like magic. Glad to see it finished. It’s a beautiful set skillfully remastered.

Great save, Mike. Well-Done!

Well...We have seen the good.
Here is the bad and the ugly!