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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 282816, member: 360&quot;]Won this at auction on Thursday, and spent Friday restoring it:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]90556[/ATTACH]</p><p>I lubricated the lock and cut a new key for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]90557[/ATTACH]</p><p>I brushed down the velvet to remove the dust</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]90558[/ATTACH]</p><p>Put in a new inkwell (These inkwells are bloody hard to find...)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]90559[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And I also chiseled out the old notch on the lower leaf, and glued in a replacement piece of wood, to act as a new catch. The brass latch wasn&#039;t grabbing the lip properly (130 years of wear will do that), so I beefed it up a bit so that there was something to bite on and hold the lid shut properly <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I also put in a couple of strips of strong adhesive tape, to hold the hinge together. I don&#039;t trust antique velvet and glue to be strong enough.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gonna take this to the Melbourne Pen Show at the end of the year and sell it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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