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Before & After - 10/1/2010 9:19:06 PM    privvydigger Posts: 2597 Joined: 7/16/2006 From: Heart of the Coal Regions Status: offline I'm really pleased.....It is a really worthy bottle for repair and displaying purpose. My A. Campbell squat has a chip but it displays well and I'm happy with it. After all I'll bet they reused some of the ones with little damage here's before Attachment (1) _____________________________ thx privvydigger gtr'dug Collector of all Coaldale & Lansford, And love digging Summit Hill, Mauch Chunk & Tamaqua, Pa. sodas, beers, milks..... Post #: 1

RE: Before & After - 10/1/2010 9:19:36 PM    privvydigger Posts: 2597 Joined: 7/16/2006 From: Heart of the Coal Regions Status: offline up close Attachment (1) _____________________________ thx privvydigger gtr'dug Collector of all Coaldale & Lansford, And love digging Summit Hill, Mauch Chunk & Tamaqua, Pa. sodas, beers, milks..... (in reply to privvydigger) Post #: 2

RE: Before & After - 10/1/2010 9:20:52 PM    privvydigger Posts: 2597 Joined: 7/16/2006 From: Heart of the Coal Regions Status: offline after which I did say I was extremely pleased Attachment (1) _____________________________ thx privvydigger gtr'dug Collector of all Coaldale & Lansford, And love digging Summit Hill, Mauch Chunk & Tamaqua, Pa. sodas, beers, milks..... (in reply to privvydigger) Post #: 3

RE: Before & After - 10/1/2010 9:21:39 PM    privvydigger Posts: 2597 Joined: 7/16/2006 From: Heart of the Coal Regions Status: offline top looks great displays perfect Attachment (1) _____________________________ thx privvydigger gtr'dug Collector of all Coaldale & Lansford, And love digging Summit Hill, Mauch Chunk & Tamaqua, Pa. sodas, beers, milks..... (in reply to privvydigger) Post #: 4

RE: Before & After - 10/1/2010 9:33:26 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9804 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: offline Did you do the repair? Looks good. _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to privvydigger) Post #: 5

RE: Before & After - 10/1/2010 10:03:49 PM    privvydigger Posts: 2597 Joined: 7/16/2006 From: Heart of the Coal Regions Status: offline no joe a good friend/digger did it.... _____________________________ thx privvydigger gtr'dug Collector of all Coaldale & Lansford, And love digging Summit Hill, Mauch Chunk & Tamaqua, Pa. sodas, beers, milks..... (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 6

RE: Before & After - 10/1/2010 10:51:07 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 11470 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline Did he do an epoxy repair or cut off the top portion and replace it from another "sacrificial" bottle? _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to privvydigger) Post #: 7

RE: Before & After - 10/2/2010 12:09:16 AM    privvydigger Posts: 2597 Joined: 7/16/2006 From: Heart of the Coal Regions Status: offline epoxy repair and a fine one at that. He's been doing it for years and gave me what was left to practice on a broken one _____________________________ thx privvydigger gtr'dug Collector of all Coaldale & Lansford, And love digging Summit Hill, Mauch Chunk & Tamaqua, Pa. sodas, beers, milks..... (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 8

RE: Before & After - 10/2/2010 1:27:20 PM    mainer1 Posts: 213 Joined: 3/14/2010 Status: offline That looks great Your friend did an awsome job. I was trying to see where the repair was but couldn't find it If I'm displaying a bottle with a chip on it, my eyes are drawn to the chip every time I look up at it no matter how small it is That would certainly relieve my eyestrain _____________________________ Gary (in reply to privvydigger) Post #: 9

RE: Before & After - 10/2/2010 7:50:12 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9804 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: offline Mad,...here's one I tried, although it doesn't look anywhere near as good as yours.... Attachment (1) _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to mainer1) Post #: 10

RE: Before & After - 10/2/2010 7:51:31 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9804 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: offline After.. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 11

RE: Before & After - 10/2/2010 8:20:47 PM    privvydigger Posts: 2597 Joined: 7/16/2006 From: Heart of the Coal Regions Status: offline he showed me a pontil patented med from philly I said wheres the repair he said the whole top! _____________________________ thx privvydigger gtr'dug Collector of all Coaldale & Lansford, And love digging Summit Hill, Mauch Chunk & Tamaqua, Pa. sodas, beers, milks..... (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 12

RE: Before & After - 10/2/2010 9:45:36 PM    bottle_head9 Posts: 1142 Joined: 4/3/2009 From: new england Status: offline Looks good. (in reply to privvydigger) Post #: 13

RE: Before & After - 6/5/2011 6:55:19 AM    George Ingraham   Posts: 59 Joined: 1/12/2011 Status: offline I just replied to another thread asking about a product and process for doing exactly this kind of repair.. What did your friend use, and do you happen to know how he ended up with such a nice fit/contour ( for lack of better description) between the resin and glass ? Looks great ! _____________________________ Facebook The Snuff Bottle Forum My Bottle Journal George (in reply to bottle_head9) Post #: 14

RE: Before & After - 6/5/2011 12:56:58 PM    privvydigger Posts: 2597 Joined: 7/16/2006 From: Heart of the Coal Regions Status: offline Easy Cast Pure Apoxy Resin and Hardener have to use wooden instruments and practice first i didn't get into the ins/outs of it was happy with it. he did say he cleaned it first then repaired _____________________________ thx privvydigger gtr'dug Collector of all Coaldale & Lansford, And love digging Summit Hill, Mauch Chunk & Tamaqua, Pa. sodas, beers, milks..... (in reply to George Ingraham) Post #: 15

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