BENT BUCKLE RESTORATION FRUSTRATION

Hardy · Oct 10, 2009

THIS IS FAR AS I WILL TAKE IT, MY NEEDLE NOSE PLIERS ,EYES AND TEMPER ARE AT THE MAX :laughing9:

HEY , IF YOU GOT BUCKLES THAT YOUR STRAIGHTENED OUT , I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM :read2:

shaun7 · Oct 10, 2009

Nice job

time4me · Oct 10, 2009

That's actually really good work!

Ia.FurTrade · Oct 10, 2009

Nice job, Hardy! As bad as that was crumpled, I'm surprised you got it looking that good!
Dale

DigginThePast · Oct 10, 2009

Looks pretty darn good when you look at what you started with. :icon_thumright:

romeo-1 · Oct 10, 2009

Nice job...and a cool lacrosse buckle!

HISPAN · Oct 10, 2009

Congrats on the find !! :thumbsup:

{Sentinel} · Oct 10, 2009

Thats a super cool find. Was it lead filled? If so it looks like someone may have melted to lead from the back of it. I've never seen a buckle like that with the picture of a lacrosse player on it....Congrats :thumbsup:

sscindercoop · Oct 10, 2009

Nice work

Tnmountains · Oct 10, 2009

Looks like you did a real good job to me Hardy. Nice work !
HH
TnMtns

rebeljim52 · Oct 10, 2009

very good gob :icon_thumleft:

rebeljim52 · Oct 10, 2009

very good job

Hardy · Oct 11, 2009

THANKS ALL

YET ITS THE 2ND ITEM THIS SEASON THAT TRIED MY PATIANCE :tongue3:

rjw4law · Oct 11, 2009

I would be afraid of cracking or breaking the metal.

Bavaria Mike · Oct 11, 2009

Nice job and cool buckle, looks like early 1900s? I have disintegrated a few finds I have tried to straighten out. HH, Mike

allen · Oct 12, 2009

that buckle really turned out !!! :thumbsup:

Monty · Oct 12, 2009

I saw the name of a couple of professional metal men listed on here not long ago. Their work looks like a new buckle. I was amazed. Yes, I'm sure they had special equipment to work with. It would probably be too expensive unless it was a collector piece worth a lot of money. Monty