Frog - Parisian Eye - Lost Ring

[Guido]

Lost a ring in a Parisian eye.

Short of making a new ring... any tips for a quick fix? Metallic putty? Dyed epoxy? 

[nathan slobodkin]

Unless the bow is a junker to start with why not fix it right?

Ths summer I have seen 3 bows which would have been worth $15,000 or more which had been rendered comercially valueless by ill advised attempts at repair, About half the bows I see have been damaged in somw way by either by rehairing , neglect or "quick fix"amateurish repairs. Replacing a metal ring is a simple and inexpensive repair when done by a qualified person but one slip with a file can mar the bow forever.

If you can't fix it right leave it alone. It won't do any harm and could still be repaired properly at a later date.

[Brad Dorsey]

7 hours ago, Guido said:

…any tips for a quick fix?…

If you don’t get any tips here, you could conduct experiments by scratching grooves in scrap ebony (perhaps a junk frog or tail piece) and trying different filler materials.  But, as Nathan says, if you find something that works you should only use it on your frog if it has no commercial value.