I would fill it with rubNbuff. Lazy me!
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I would fill it with rubNbuff. Lazy me!
Trying to get some projects finished. I've been stalled on a few FBU restores for a while. Two of which have the blade work done but need scale clean up and, on this one, repair.
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Not sure how well a repair will hold up as this is not only broken off laterally at the wedge pin but also split lengthwise at the pin also.
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But, figured I'd give it a try with some colored/fibered epoxy.
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I have more black horn if I need to make a set but I'd rather save the old ones. I can always glue some pins in if need be.
Interesting thing I noticed with these two FBUs. Not sure if this is a one off or if it was common but notice the tang stamps.
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Top one is hollow ground while bottom is a wedge. Not sure when they left the FBU off of the tang on hollows and had it on the blade face. An early hollow FBU I would guess.
Should hold up just fine. Just use the lead wedge to drill a new pin hole in one half. Match the scales-up and drill the other side.
Pin as usual.
Looking good!
Closer look.
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Edit: to quote Frank Zappa, "...the crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe."
That is usually the case in hollows with FBU on the tang.
However, it looks as if the stamp was canted to allow for the deeper grind?
Wade and Butcher. So many variations of tang stamps to study.
Fortunately we need not own one of each. (or DO we?)
I bet a thousand pics are in the site.
The never-ending story. At the end, it's pretty much an (educated?) guess! :)