A touch of gold.

A customer brought in a very nice Midland Gun Company side lock ejector for some servicing and to have the stock re-finished.  As we were doing the pre-service inspection we noticed that some of the gold from the cocking indicators was missing.  Not a major fault, but it detracted from the fine look of the gun.  Our client asked us if we could repair this.

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First the remains of the old gold were removed and the resulting vacant slot was recut ready to accept new gold wire.  Below we see the  9 carrot gold wire being tapped into place.  The slot is an undercut dovetail shape, and tapping the gold wire lightly with a hammer forces the gold to spread into the dovetail, keying it into place.
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Looking good, but something still isn't right.  Ah, yes.  The engraved border bracketing the cocking indicator has disappeared.
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I am no engraver, but I can manage to cut a straight line, and that is all that's required here.

The finished job, gold inlayed, indicator border recut, and all reassembled.