Well, I got my OC in from the 'bay and it appears the seller did a fine job not showing the big crack at the top or the small crack at the bottom.
Regardless, my initial clean up efforts are going well and I'm planning keeping it anyway. For the reasonably insignificant price I paid, I figure it's worth it.
The top threaded part came out of the handle with very little effort. (I don't know the technical name for the part I just described.)
What I'm thinking of doing is to put a healthy amount of epoxy into the handle, seat the threaded cap portion, and maybe clamp the handle with a small c-clamp I have with the clamps 90 degrees off from the crack. Hopefully this will close the crack down slightly. I figure the epoxy and the seated threaded cap section will "set" the crack so it doesn't get bigger. The epoxy itself will keep the cap in place.
Any suggestions for a different or better way?
FWIW, I figure I'll end up ordering a brass handle from Bob's Razor Works eventually. I'm looking for a reasonably secure fix long enough for me to participate in OC March with this thing. If my repair doesn't work well, I have already tried putting my Tech Ball-handle on it and it fits fine so I've got that as a fall-back, short-term method to shave with it.
Last question on cleaning an open comb: between the teeth there remains verdigris. I'm letting it soak overnight in soapy water and will hit them again with the toothbrush. Everything else has cleaned up pretty well with Scrubbing Bubbles, boiling water with soap, and scrubbing with toothbrush so far. Any suggestions for cleaning well between the teeth?
Regardless, my initial clean up efforts are going well and I'm planning keeping it anyway. For the reasonably insignificant price I paid, I figure it's worth it.
The top threaded part came out of the handle with very little effort. (I don't know the technical name for the part I just described.)
What I'm thinking of doing is to put a healthy amount of epoxy into the handle, seat the threaded cap portion, and maybe clamp the handle with a small c-clamp I have with the clamps 90 degrees off from the crack. Hopefully this will close the crack down slightly. I figure the epoxy and the seated threaded cap section will "set" the crack so it doesn't get bigger. The epoxy itself will keep the cap in place.
Any suggestions for a different or better way?
FWIW, I figure I'll end up ordering a brass handle from Bob's Razor Works eventually. I'm looking for a reasonably secure fix long enough for me to participate in OC March with this thing. If my repair doesn't work well, I have already tried putting my Tech Ball-handle on it and it fits fine so I've got that as a fall-back, short-term method to shave with it.
Last question on cleaning an open comb: between the teeth there remains verdigris. I'm letting it soak overnight in soapy water and will hit them again with the toothbrush. Everything else has cleaned up pretty well with Scrubbing Bubbles, boiling water with soap, and scrubbing with toothbrush so far. Any suggestions for cleaning well between the teeth?