Thread: Help! Broken ivory scales!

Yeah, a thin thin liner will work... maybe brass, maybe polycarbonate... your choice.

I've used super thin brass liners and super glue several times and it always worked for me. I've fixed several bone and horn scales that way, Ivory should be no different

Originally Posted by kaptain_zero

Yeah, a thin thin liner will work... maybe brass, maybe polycarbonate... your choice.

I like silver and Ivory but brass looks quite nice as well. Hobby lobby sells both brass and tin sheets really cheep that would work quite nicely. Should be in their modeling section.

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Brass or Nickle Silver. Sterling has too much thermal elasticity. A very thin sheet of either, be sure to rough the surface to be glued for best adhesion. I don't like polycarbonate simply because of the thickness. Don't like the way it looks and feels. But that's just me.

I'm not sure that liners are required here. Bear in mind that you can use the wedge for additional support - that is, you can CA both sides of the split to the wedge as well as together. That should provide enough to keep the scales in working order without resorting to liners which, at the end of the day will detract from the original scales.

Sorry to hear about your scales...i had two brake over time and i fixeed them both....but for the love of god don't glue metal to ivory it will be hard to undo.

I would unpin the scales.

I recomend like most of the guys preliminari fix with CA glue.
keep the two pieces clean.
Use Acetone or Turpentine to clean if in doubt.Turpentine is the best candidate...as far as i know it is used to clean optical equipment.
Don't use alcohool unles it's concentrated...don't use vodka...it leaves a residue.

Lay the 2 pieces on a flat surface face up. Put a piece of tape next to them with the glued face up and tape it at the ends to stick... put them in contact firmly...over the tape...
the tape acts as protection to avoid gluing your scales to the table and acts like a joint to alow you to open the brake just a bit to alow a drop of CA Glue.
Pick up the scales, open the brake and let a drop of CA sip in between...put the scales on a flat surface and push on the ends and mentain presure.

After the bond is compleat you can suplement with one of more things...

First carve some rectangular shapes 2-3 on he backside of the scales perpendicular to the brake.
0,5mm deep should be enough.
Then clean and fill with eiter:

Bicomponent epoxy white colour.(first i used this)
Uv curable polimer...like 5 second fix or something similar....could be an option but i have not used it

I have however used 3M tooth filler uv curable and it would be the best option seeing how the ivory is in fact ...an elephant tooth)
I actualy have a dentist friend and he let me use a drop of 3M cement and the UV lamp to cure it...it cures hard as hell and sticks there.

Flaten and polish things up.

After filler is cured repin withe fixed side up to see what you are doing.


Best regards, hope it helps.
Sadly i have sold both razors over the years i would have loved to share some pics of the repairs...

Originally Posted by ovidiucotiga

Sorry to hear about your scales...i had two brake over time and i fixeed them both....but for the love of god don't glue metal to ivory it will be hard to undo.

I think that's the point.

Originally Posted by Magpie

Brass or Nickle Silver. Sterling has too much thermal elasticity. A very thin sheet of either, be sure to rough the surface to be glued for best adhesion. I don't like polycarbonate simply because of the thickness. Don't like the way it looks and feels. But that's just me.

Just as an update to this old thread, I recently ate my own words, and did Sterling silver liners on Ivory scales, and it came out fairly well. So, what do I know! Live and Learn!

At least you were able to save them.!
I have a two day set of ivory, both were split at the wedge.

Made the repair by epoxying two layers of 3/4 oz. Fiberglass to the inside of each scale. Basically built the liners to the scales.





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I think that counts as a great repair! I'm not a fan of the fibres, but obviously they work well. Nice work!