Hey guys,

I have a Wostenholm 7/8 near wedge that has some pretty pressed horn scales but one side has a crack on the wedge end, running from the end up to the pin and beyond. I have heard about stabilizing cracks in scales using CA (superglue) and would like to give it a try on this one. I also want to avoid any excess glue coating the scale outside of the crack and making it look ugly or amateurish. I would also like to do this repair without depinning the razor as I don't have much (any) experience doing that and don't want to risk any further damage to the razor/scales.

I picked up a pair of these nifty looking Irwin mini quick grip clamps. I've experimented with putting the clamp on the scale and it will close the crack quite nicely though I think there might be a small bit of horn missing from the wedge end where the crack originally begins. I have some small tubes of Original Super Glue that I got in a multi-pack a year or two ago. It's a pretty thin viscosity, not the thick gel variety.

Do you guys have any advice on how to apply the glue into the crack so that I just get a little bit of glue, enough to keep the crack from extending any farther without getting an excessive amount that squeezes out onto the surface of the scale? I was thinking of maybe using a needle and just dipping the point into the glue and then trying to swab it into the crack. If they sold some glue in a syringe I'd probably buy that lol. If I get glue on the outer part of the scales is there any good way to clean it off? Is there anything I can do to the scales before I start to keep the glue from coating it like apply some coating onto the scales... I don't know... wax or something?

I looked through this sub-forum and also the wiki section on scale repair but didn't see anything that looked relevant to my situation. Any advice/tips/hints you can give would be greatly appreciated!

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