Thread: first regrind/horn repair

Please expand, on the epoxy filler. What brand do you use ? how do you color it?
Thanks Al

thanks for this thread. i have a piece with horn scales, and one of them has significant damage. i was just going to trash them and make a wooden set, but i think i could do at least a "museum quality" restore. that's a great color match on the epoxy; unfortunately my scales have a fair bit of grain and thus the patch will be pretty obvious. which epoxy did you use? does jb weld adhere to horn?

Here is what I did to my horn scales, they came out ok. They are not like new but they are usable and the blade opens and closes without hitting.

• Boiled in water for 30 min

• Clamped between pieces of plywood with paper to absorb water, let dry 48 hours

• Taped to wax paper covered plywood

• Mixed epoxy, then added thickener (fumed silica/cabosil) until it was about peanut butter consistency then added dry pigment (http://www.danielsmith.com/subcat~cat~800201301402.asp) I used mars black (a very black black) and graphite black (a grayish black) to get the right color.

• Filled in voids, let cure

• Trimmed fills with chisel then sanded down

I do not think that the brands of epoxy makes a great difference as long as it is a brand name. I have also tinted epoxy using acrylics (Golden fluid acrylics has a high pigment load and is available at Michaels). Epoxy can also be thickened with talc.

Charlie

Talk about a resurrection. Just in time for Easter too. Very nice.

Great work on the resto job on this one, I like the idea of repairing the scales instead of just replacing them, the epoxy job looks good.

Chief

I have been thinking of doing a red epoxy inlay for some scales for a Henckels but was not sure where to find dry pigment to color the resin, now I know.

That scale repair job looks super.

Originally Posted by Proraso Man

this is a very interesting and promising technique for fixing horn scales. I've been working on several old horned scales and English razors lately and I thought there must be a way to salvage some of them without having to rush into making wooden scales.

Thanks!

Here is another good thread on horn repair.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...le-repair.html

Charlie