Dog with a broken leg

Not a jewellery repair I know but one people realise that you are handy with a blowtorch you get asked to do all kinds of things. This bronze of a greyhound turned out not to be bronze at all but brass! The bronze patina was had been faked with various techniques but the problem now was the broken leg and the other break where the tail should have been attached to the base. These areas had been repaired badly, drilled pinned screwed and glued so after removing the pins and screws and burning off the glue I re-pinned with brass and brazed around each join until satisfied that I had a good joint.

The joint was over brazed until strong.

Then ground back to the correct profile.

The repaired area was then treated with nitric acid to darken and age the surface.

 Then a matching lacquer colour was mixed and applied.