Ryan - have you tried Viking - they may have something kicking around.
I've checked with every manufacturer that has ever used them or even made cues in the same era. I may have to build them from scratch.
I've checked with every manufacturer that has ever used them or even made cues in the same era. I may have to build them from scratch.
I would be really interested in hearing of and/or seeing the results if you actually had to "scratch make" the vinyl veneer stack.
Your repair and restoration work is amazing.
making them will be the easy part....finding the correct plastic and color will be the hard part
This may be a dumb idea - but I will throw it out there anyway. If it is - just dispense with it . How about laundry soap jugs like Era? Wico points were often green or blue or red. Those colors are prominent in Era and Tide, etc. They probably only need to be 11 in long...
I found material to build points as a last resort. The problem is the seam. WICO points had no seam. I'm not sure if they were extruded that way or how they were made but they were already 90*.
I believe the WICO points were extruded ABS plastic (though they may be PVC). ABS can still be purchased in thin sheets and multiple colors. In fact, it's actually used to color tattoo inks by grinding it down into extremely tiny micro-beads.
ABS is thermoplastic - that is to say, it can be softened and even "liquefied" using heat. Before you try to miter it I would make an attempt to build a simple right-angle mold from aluminum and heat-form the 90-degree corner you want for the point blanks. This process will required a couple of mold-making tricks that I am sure you can figure out through "trial and error".
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I found material to build points as a last resort. The problem is the seam. WICO points had no seam. I'm not sure if they were extruded that way or how they were made but they were already 90*.
I have thermoformed Kydex for knife sheaths before. It comes in sheets and different colors...