Thread: Engels Restore: How do you save the metal caps on the scales?

I'm going to restore a Engels razor and need to put new scales on it. The metal caps on the end are in good shape, so I'd like to save them and put them on new wooden scales. Does anyone have advice on how to get the fancy metal caps off the old scales and put them on the new ones without damaging them?

soak um in acetone.

So then are they glued on, and acetone will dissolve the glue?

If celluloid or even some plastics,it will melt the scales making the bolsters easy to remove