What would you do with these (ivory?) scales?
Got a nice, inexpensive lot of razors and brushes off eBay delivered this past weekend. Amongst the razors was a C.V. Heljestrand (my first Swede!) in what-seems-to-be ivory scales.
Unfortunately one of the scales was cracked entirely at the pivot. Since taking the pictures below, I've carefully drilled the pivot pin out to remove the blade. When drilling it did smell faintly of burnt nail/hair so I'm guessing it's either ivory or bone. Anybody care to comment on or confirm that? The scales are like 1/16" thick, too.
I read a thread recently in which someone said that dental filling(?) would be a good way to repair cracks in ivory, but I think that's a bit much for me and this is more than just a crack. I'm guessing that the razor will need to be rescaled but wanted some other opinions on my options. I thought about rounding out the chipped end, cutting the opposite scale to match, then redrilling a pivot hole and using a shorter blade in there. I don't want the Helj to be shortened for it, though.
Comments and suggestions welcome as always:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/membe...elj-scales.jpg
close-up:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/membe...es-closeup.jpg
Thanks!