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Bolster repair
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 2:46 am
by 0078
Here is a bolster that is very pitted, is there any thing you can use to fill in the pitting? Thanks for any help.
Re: Bolster repair
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 2:51 am
by btrwtr
I think it might be easier to find a donor and replace the bolster or make a new one. The pitting looks pretty deep. Is the opposite side as bad? Is that a Western knife?
Wayne
Re: Bolster repair
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 4:12 am
by 0078
Yes it's a western, and the other side is not as bad.
Re: Bolster repair
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 5:50 am
by orvet
Is the bolster nickel silver or steel?
Re: Bolster repair
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 5:38 pm
by 0078
Dale I really don't know? I was thinking about buying this knife if I could fix the bolster. If it is a n/s bolster would I be able to solder in the bad spots and polish them back out? Thanks for any replies
Re: Bolster repair
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 7:07 pm
by Miller Bro's
Bolsters look like steel to me
Re: Bolster repair
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 1:12 am
by orvet
Miller Bro`s wrote:Bolsters look like steel to me
That is what I am thinking too.
I would remove the steel ones and replace them with nickel silver. N/S is much easier to work with.
0078 wrote:If it is a n/s bolster would I be able to solder in the bad spots and polish them back out? Thanks for any replies
You might be able to do that, but it would probably look bad.
Much easier to replace them.