Filework under bolsters?

P. McKinley

P. McKinley

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I screwed up.... not the first time, and certainly not the last.

This is a stock removal, 52100, bolstered hunter I'm working on. When I cut out the blade I over shot the line by just a smidgen. I've taken the spine down as far as it can go, but I'm still left with just a bit of a nick. As small as it is its still a nick and I don't like nicks where nicks shouldn't be!

So, as I see it, I'm left with a few choices:
#1 File work the spine incorporating the nick into the design
#2 Have my machine shop guy fill in the nick with a hard surface weld(if this is even possible)
#3 Throw it away and start again

Of those choices, the hard surfacing would be my choice as I not to keen on file working the entire spine - top and bottom. As well, I'm not sure how decorative file work would look under steel bolsters.

I'm sitting here now wracked with indecision, hesitant to do anything.

Any thoughts on the above options, or other remedies would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Peter



 
Take the cut all the way across, and inlay/solder a piece of brass.
Or, make thumb grooves out of it. Make lemonade from lemons.
 
Wow, that's a tough one. I personally think that thumb grooves that far back would not be practical nor attractive and may even be uncomfortable seeing how they would be behind the bolster. I'd say go with the filework. Art Summers uses bolsters and filework and his work speaks for itself! Just charge a little more for the extra time.

If all else fails, just send it to me and I'll forget where I got it! ;)
 
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