Pin cracks

hughd

hughd

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I have a Queen steel #15A (yellow Delrin) that means a lot to me. Unfortunately it has developed three pin cracks on mark side. Is there any way to repair or "hide" those short of replacing the covers? Also, I have no idea what replacement would cost, i.e., may not be worth it on this knife.
R/S hughd
 
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I have one knife that had a pin crack (bone covers).
I used super glue to fix the crack.
I don't know if super glue will stick/bond to Delrin, though.
 
Do you just not like looking at the cracks, or is your thought fix now before cracks work all the way through?

If it were me, I would just keep an eye on it. See what others say who may have better experience, but my first guess is you likely can carry that knife the rest of your life as it. I wouldn't worry about it right now....without more information.
 
I’d use a really thin CA glue to seal the gap. Then you’d have to sand the mend line down even with the covers, and buff to blend things in. Not a brain dead easy job to minimize how much the mend shows, but very possible.
 
Queen had issues with Delrin cracking at pins, I have several examples like that. It may be possible to fill the cracks with CA or zap-a-gap, but I don't think it will conceal the cracks from being visible.
 
The cost of replacing the covers is not going to be worth it for just some pin cracks. I have knives that are 100 plus years old with pin cracks that are holding up just fine! How about some pictures?
 
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