Cracked bone on peanut...superglue?

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Today I discovered the bone cover on my case peanut is cracked right through the pin. It's hard to take a picture of but a piece of the bone is now loose. I am quite fond of this knife, it has been my most carried night since it was gifted to me by sadsappysucker.

My first thought was to superglue the piece in place. I figured I would check with the experts here to see if there are better options. Opinions welcome.


 
The photos seem to be focus on your hand instead of the crack... can't really see the crack clearly. Is the loose piece removable? If so, then I'd use 2 part epoxy. If can't be removed then use super glue.

If that doesn't work for you, see if Case will rehaft the knife... or send it to Glenbad.
 
Ya, I struggled to get pictures. The piece can move, lift up, but the pin prevents it from coming off entirely.
 
If it lifts up enough to spread the glue underneath, then I'd use 2 part epoxy. It will hold better. Maybe try spreading it with a thin piece of plastic. If that's not possible, then use super glue.
 
There's a custom maker on the forum, Big Chris, I have one of his fixed blades and did a reshape to the handle on a belt sander. He uses G Flex and that stuff might as well be like concrete
 
I just fixed a crack on an older Case knife. The slabs didn't lift up. I tried epoxy and made a mess so painfully removed it. I tried superglue gel and it also was messy. I finally tried the runny superglue with a precision applicator and I looked at the crack under a 12x loupe while applying and that worked great. The more liquid superglue flowed nicely into and sealed the crack.
 
The piece would not lift up very far and I didn't want to force it to disconnect. I used the thin superglue to drip in the crack and pushed it together. Seems like a solid fix but time will tell.

Thanks for input
 
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ecallahan said:
I just fixed a crack on an older Case knife. The slabs didn't lift up. I tried epoxy and made a mess so painfully removed it. I tried superglue gel and it also was messy. I finally tried the runny superglue with a precision applicator and I looked at the crack under a 12x loupe while applying and that worked great. The more liquid superglue flowed nicely into and sealed the crack.
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Did you freeze the knife first? I have read that if you put it in the freezer for a few hows, the crack will widen a bit, allowing the superglue to penetrate deeper. I have a knife with hairline pin cracks and have not tried to fix it yet.
 
I wonder if hide glue would be a good choice? when something goes wrong with a vintage guitar that is the glue of choice primarily because it is redoable. if you screw up with superglue, new superglue doesnt stick to the old superglue very well. hide glue does. if you submerged the knife in warm water the glue would dissolve, but I think if you kept the knife reasonably dry it would work very well. but I've never used it for this application.
 
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