[rshaw]

Has anyone tried to remove a mother of pearl tang cover? There is some really nasty stuff right along the space where the MOP and the tang meet that I would like to get to. Ideally I would like to take the MOP off the tang so I don't run the chance of ruining one while working on the other! The pins on this particular razor don't looked peened in any fashion, so maybe they are glued in. I'd like to save myself the embarrassment of drilling the pins out only to find the MOP is glued onto the tang. Any thoughts?

I've heard Cape Cod polishing cloth is the way to go on MOP...any large chain stores carry it?

Thanks,
Robert

[nun2sharp]

Ace hardware carries Cape Cod Cloths.

[Chris L]

Every MOP covered tang I've seen personally or in pictures have pins that are as you've described; no washers and the pins do not appear to be flared or peened.

Drilling out the pins using a drill press and the appropriate ultra thin bit would not frighten me that much. BTW, I LOVE my table top drill press for drilling pins out of scales.

But wow, re-pinning them? I think you'd have to be a jeweler or something. Even if you glued them in, would you clean up the excess glue with solvent? Would that damage the MOP? Would you sand any excess glue off and what would that do to the MOP?

I'm sure it's something that can be done, but I think it' one of those things that could be a whole can of worms. Let us know what you decide to do.

Chris L

[Philadelph]

Can't speak on what you should do, but I've seen Denmason REPLACE the tang cover on a razor with wood to match the custom scales. Might ask him about his experience there.