matched up a broke

JUNKYARD DOG · Jul 1, 2011

found base on 6-13 and dont know when I had found tip.
anyone got a idea on filling in parts when i get it glued
together, looks like they were apart for awhile.
HH and good luck... wes

Felinepeachy · Jul 1, 2011

That is too cool!!!! :notworthy:

Someone told me there are professional repair people that can fill in the gaps and fix it.

Felinepeachy · Jul 1, 2011

I found this on Arrowheadology. He fixes them.

DrGomer.com

Free estimates

Here's a sample of his work

JUNKYARD DOG · Jul 1, 2011

peachy I was just going to ask you if you knew anyone and had any
ideas on what it would cost. I dont know if this one would really be
worth it. might just try and do it myself. I am thinking that this is a
etley, what cha think? wes

Felinepeachy · Jul 1, 2011

I'm not that knowledgeable on types....yet lol, but I bet if you contact that guy and tell him you don't think it's worth paying to repair and you just want to tinker with it yourself, he would give you some advice. You could go to a place like Hobby Lobby and get some ceramic repair fill and then try and match the color with some paint for ceramics. OR...... Oh I like this idea even better..............send it to me and let me do it. :tongue3:

Tnmountains · Jul 1, 2011

Man that is killer. I have always wanted to find the other half of something,lol.
You could always frame it specificaly showing the break and label it "Broken Past" ?Put a date on it, it will always be a story piece :icon_sunny:

JUNKYARD DOG · Jul 1, 2011

Felinepeachy said:
I'm not that knowledgeable on types....yet lol, but I bet if you contact that guy and tell him you don't think it's worth paying to repair and you just want to tinker with it yourself, he would give you some advice. You could go to a place like Hobby Lobby and get some ceramic repair fill and then try and match the color with some paint for ceramics. OR...... Oh I like this idea even better..............send it to me and let me do it.

now thats an idea :laughing9:

TnMountains said:
Man that is killer. I have always wanted to find the other half of something,lol.
You could always frame it specificaly showing the break and label it "Broken Past" ?Put a date on it, it will always be a story piece

sounds like something cool. this is my second match-up. thanks Tn.

JoshnMO · Jul 1, 2011

Looks like a match! Nice point :icon_thumleft:

sorefoot · Jul 1, 2011

Dr. Gomer does a great job! I would recommend him. If you can afford the repair, it will be worth it.

catherine1 · Jul 1, 2011

Artifacts can be puzzling!! Great finds1

JUNKYARD DOG · Jul 1, 2011

thanks Josh, sorefoot and cathrine1 for the nice replies. wes

rob.s · Jul 2, 2011

Awesome and congrats :icon_thumright:

Captain Al · Jul 2, 2011

Felinepeachy said:
I found this on Arrowheadology. He fixes them.

DrGomer.com

Free estimates

Here's a sample of his work

Dr. Gomer does excellent work and is very reasonable. JMO, but I think you'd be a lot happier with the results than if you tried it yourself. Especially if it's your first attempt.

flintdigger · Jul 2, 2011

That is alway's great when you can match a tip to a base. If you are going to try to repair it yourself it is not that hard after you get it glued together, go get some wood filler or a small container of drywall mud like you repair cracks in sheetrock that is water soluable and carefully fill the gaps or cracks and clean up any you get on the stone with water let it dry, go to a art supply store and get one of those sets of oil paints and mix the colors that look close and take a small artist brush and carefully paint the patched areas, it really isn't that hard the only tricky part is getting the color right. Yours look's sort of grey in the photo it should'nt be that hard to match.

bede2691 · Jul 2, 2011

I agree that should be easy enough to do yourself. The wood filler will work or you can use Bondo body filler to glue it back together. Leave on a little excess and after it's dry, carefully carve the excess to match with an Exacto knife. An inexpensive craft paint set from Walmart and a cheap Testors brush will work for the paint job. If you don't get the paint job right the first time you can wipe the paint off with a wet towel and try again.

JUNKYARD DOG · Jul 2, 2011

thanks Captain Al, rob.s, flintdigger and bede I think I will give it a try, thanks for all the tips.
I just dont think this piece really warrants sending it off. I used to do the same type thing to
antique furniture back in the day and was told I had a pretty good eye for detail, so give me
a day or two and I will post the befores and afters. Once again thanks to everyone for there
help. Good Luck to all and take care!!! wes

natchitoches · Jul 2, 2011

i would take a pictures of both half's and both sides .
and then send it to Dr. Gomer .
let him fix it.and take a picture of it after its fix and but it all in a big case.
pictures and point.

creek astronaut · Jul 3, 2011

very nice hook up JYD.Gomer is very reasonable and probably alot cheaper than that you may think.Try to fix it yourself,if you dont like it send to gomer.OR you could just display it as is in your pic,which will always be a good story when it is looked at. :thumbsup:

JUNKYARD DOG · Jul 3, 2011

hello natchi and creek, well I have already got it glued and it glued up ok.
Tue. after the 4th i will find something to fill it in with, I have a broke piece that
matches up close. I am thinking of crushing some up and mix with the glue, i'll
try it on something else to see what it looks like after, if no good then i'll try
something else. Thank you for the idea's and we will see how it turns out.
and yes creek I was thinking that it was pretty costly to send it in and have it
done and like everyone else money is tight. so if this doesn't work out
maybe the Dr. can fix me up..

wes..