Thread: Broken/cracked Scale - Advice sought

Hi guys,
I had purchased this Frederick Reynolds for a gift and sent it to be honed by Maestro Lynn. When I got it back (yesterday), I noticed that the scales had broken (near the toe - see picture below). The crack is clean...no small pieces to worry about.

I want to be clear here: This is in no way Lynn or anyone at SRD's fault. This probably happened in transit by USPS (priority ship)

It is one of those hazards and risks of shipping and happens once in awhile and we have to live with it. So, it happened to me .

My theory (which could be total BS):
This is a wedge and lacks a third pin (near the tang), leading to no support...the only point of support is when the spine comes to rest on the opening of the scale near the toe. During transit, the handling of the package made the spine push down on the scale (with no support of 3rd pin), thus cracking the scale.

The scales, as I understand it, were made by Traveller (aka, Gary Alfonso on SRP) and I believe they are celluloid (not sure though).

Question:
1. What can be done?
2. Is this a simple fix (for someone who's never taken one of these apart)?
3. Would crazy glue fix this or some sort of epoxy 9details would be appreciated on the "dos and don'ts"
4. Should I send it to someone on SRP to fix/salvage it an dhave peace of mind that it's done right?
5. Should I think about a rescale? it would be too bad if this was the only viable option since these happen to be nice scales.

Options and thoughts and advice would be appreciated.