Grumpy gets a new finger.

 

This guy looks seriously grumpy!

Maybe he is grumpy because he has lost a finger?

I should fix that!

First, a wire support for the new epoxy clay finger gets glued in.

He has his new finger....but he is still grumpy!

A Schoenhut doll and fillers galore!

 

This is an interesting 14" Schoenhut doll.

She has been repainted but does not look like any particular Schoenhut model.

Her owner stripped off the first layer of repaint

But she still doesn't look like a standard Schoenhut model.

So she got sent to me.

The white coating was primer so I stripped it all off.

Under the primer was this.

Lots and lots of filler! It was quite thick in many areas.

The filler was altering original facial features so it got stripped off too.

Under the filler on her left face was some wood damage.

She will need a filler put back there.

A front view.

She has had some harrowing life experiences!

A bit of filler here and there plus a fair bit of paint leaves her looking more in keeping with original Schoenhut doll paint.

My best guess as to her model is #308.

Rubber hands on a German bisque head doll

 This nice old doll has arrived to get freshed up.

Her wig is messy, her hands are odd and she has something weird feeling on her torso under her sewn on longjohns.

The stitches on the longjohns get picked open.

Happily, the weird feeling thing on her torso turned out to be a wad of hardened elastic inside a pair of underwear. She had no issues with her torso after all.

Her hands are interesting. These are rubber hands. Unfortunately rubber does not age well and these hands are warped and quite brittle. Her left hand is crumbling at the wrist.

Old rubber can not be rejuvinated. You either accept the warped look and the knowledge that they will continue to crumble away or you replace the hands.

Vintage parts can sometimes be hard to find. Fortunately I had a composition pair that would fit and they got painted to match her body finish.

Then it was on to hair styling!

After a new 'do she headed home.

She gets reunited with her original dress.

This is a factory chemise which identifies her as an Eaton's Beauty Doll.