Thread: liners for a Simmons Keen Kutter 1287 in Ivory with mother of pearl tang

So I got this project razor about 2 years ago for like 3 dollars IIRC. I was certain the scales were plastic because almost all examples had pins and no washers. This one has washers but the scales looked very thin. Too thin for plastic but they have washers I kept on thinking. So I got some more camel bone slabs to make another set. The new pieces of camel bone were way thicker than my first pieces and I wanted to make my new set very thin just like the old set. So I put it on the back burner until a couple a days ago they resurfaced after a little cleaning. Perfect covid project I thought! Right!
I was getting the dremel ready to unpin it when I thought. Better do a hot pin test to make sure. I do the test and Damn! They are Ivory! To me that changed all my plans . Now I want to make some brass liners and see if I can save the originals. I know it wont be perfect but I think I can live with the results. If I dont like the way they turn out I will make them out of camel bone just as I originaly planned.

Is that a break or crack? Either way try securing it with super glue and baking soda.
Put some super glue then add some baking soda. It sets up fast so have everything ready.
Sand smooth and polish.

There is a member here, outback, and he has made near invisible liners out of 3/4 Oz fibreglass cloth and structural epoxy. An amazing repair.
Brass or silver liners would also be great.
Keep it very thin.

Thanks for the ideas bouschie and Rez! Was thinking brass liners but silver sounds good too. It will go with the mother of pearl.

Outback that came out cool! It is a break with some loss of material. I am going to do the Ca with backing soda trick with some ivory dust mixed in for the color. I know it wont look perfect but I think I can live with the results.
Again great job fixing that Outback and thanks for sharing!