broke my thingy

[brian]

my 1840 nco sword, has a leather scabard whith a sheet brass throte and brass drag,
the top, or throte, has a L shaped hook soldered on to it to engage the leather holderupper thingy,
(cival war is just belt thingy, mex war is a shoulder strap thingy)
anyway the L shaped hook broke off the sheet brass, wich is
wraped around the leather, :cry:
any ideas on how to reattach the hook, whithout cooking
the leather underneath? ::
:hmm:
more balldricks capn bragg
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[musketman]

Perhaps a good, clear epoxy will do the trick...

 

[brian]

tried a couple epoxeys, goober weld ect.
but the pressure of gettin it in and out of the leather,
breaks it off again, I suspect the origanal had the same
problem.
I thot of a mechanical means, like a rivit or bolt,
but gettin in side the scaberd side is a tight fit to say the least.
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[TANSTAAFL]

Have you considered regular JB Weld? IMHO it is the ultimate when it comes to epoxy holding power.

 

[brian]

yep goober weld was the first on the list,
but youv only 1/4" of surface area to work with.
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