Hi Mike,

That's a tough one to match and not show a seam.

For a permanent repair you'll need a larger piece of MOP than what's missing, and as close of a shade of pearl as possible. Just butting up a piece to form a joint, does not provide enough surface for a strong joint.

The grip should be undercut at an angle starting at the break line back under the grip for about a 1/4". The replacement piece is cut at the same angle and extends under the grip to provide a large joint surface to glue. The two surfaces must be absolutely flat.

Crazy glue is a good bonding agent with a low visibility joint by making a gap-less joint, because the glue will not fill gaps. This is also what makes the joint as invisible as possible. Once glued the joint is dressed down flush top and bottom and polished.

The replacement piece of pearl should be oriented to match the direction of the translucence before cutting and gluing.

That's how I do it and I hope that helps. I only do my own and don't know of anyone that repairs MOP but I suspect there must be some.

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Jim
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