Anyone had any experience of referbishing the name plate on a mk 1 ambidex? The brown inlay is (as with a lot I've seen) past its best, coming off in places. I know some like the battle scars of age, but I have one that's a bit tatty and a good user so I want to spruce this one up a bit.
Thank you in advance.
Ambidex name plate.
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Marc
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Ambidex name plate.
Marc. (Prince of Durham)
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Re: Ambidex name plate.
Very difficult to restore the side plate, even for an expert, and because they are riveted on it leaves little scope for replacing even if you could find a separate spare.Prince of Durham wrote:Anyone had any experience of referbishing the name plate on a mk 1 ambidex? The brown inlay is (as with a lot I've seen) past its best, coming off in places. I know some like the battle scars of age, but I have one that's a bit tatty and a good user so I want to spruce this one up a bit.
Thank you in advance.
It's an expert job, - I had a reel restored and the imperfect sideplate polished up, the restoration of the paint minimises the 'scars' on the side plate. The other thing people do is take them back to the metal.
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Re: Ambidex name plate.
Dang. Oh well I guess I'll leave it. Just thought I'd try and make one of them a bit of a pretty reel. Thanks niceroach.
Marc. (Prince of Durham)
“A life that partakes even a little of friendship, love, irony, humor, parenthood, literature, and music, and the chance to take part in battles for the liberation of others cannot be called 'meaningless'...”
“A life that partakes even a little of friendship, love, irony, humor, parenthood, literature, and music, and the chance to take part in battles for the liberation of others cannot be called 'meaningless'...”