Tenegre Nose Job

[werecow]

Personally I don't mind small restorations or cleaning as long as they are

1. honestly documented,
2. fitting with the style of the original,
3. don't alter the handling characteristics or change important features (like removing markings), and
4. are non-destructive as much as possible (with the understanding that in some cases you can't very well keep the original, e.g. restoring a grip that has just a tiny remainder of rotting wood left on it), and
5. preferably reversible if possible.

But I really don't like it when I find out I've bought a fantasy composite of old (and new) parts after the fact, or when people take apart old swords that are still largely intact in order to harvest parts.

In this case I don't think I would mind knowing that either the nose or some of the silver was a replacement (but I would personally keep it as it is since I quite like it and I don't feel the missing bits detract from it).