"BTW: welding up the hook is not the proper way to put a quality double back on the face. Replacing the hinge pin is. Welding is how you deal with fixed cross pins, or a shortcut."
I'm no expert on this, but when I asked Holland and Holland about replacing the removable pin in my H&H Dominion grade, they said it isn't done any more that way. The sent me to their repair contact in Lousiana,  Ken Eversole, I think, who laser welded the hook.  As near perfect a job as I've ever seen.  It cost me about $700. 
Last edited by Vol423; 08/29/11 06:58 PM.