Vintage Case 5172 Bulldog Brass Liner Bent?

jftman

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Now starting to leave micro scratches on blade. Called Case they are afraid to dissassemble saying scale might crack. I thought about putting a wooden ruler between them clamping the scales near the bolsters and putting it in an oven.
Attempting to soften the brass a bit. Just letting it sit overnight for how ever long to reverse the bend might take years!

My guess is it was a tad to long when made and over the years sprung.
Any experienced ideas????

The one other thought was purchase a resin syringe system and get it between the liner and the scale.
Downside to that is once hardened and fail then the only option is dissassembly.

This is a rather nice Transition model with a clean full blade and nice tip. So......

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