https://www.ebay.com/itm/285514249139?chn=ps&google_free_listing_action=view_item
If it was like $5 I may have bought it for you. Sorry!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/285514249139?chn=ps&google_free_listing_action=view_item
If it was like $5 I may have bought it for you. Sorry!
I guess it could be welded back

Obtain:
Setup:
Assembly:
Post-coitus:
Since this is on a keychain, it will be constantly getting pulled. Just gluing it in, or even welding may apply sudden strains and have it snap off at the compromised joints.
This way, it will outlive you and your grandchildren.
Hey looks like it is copper substrate, it could be soldered together!
A clamp and some E600 epoxy will make that good as new. Don't give up hope yet, OP.
I totally get it.
I would find a jeweler or metal worker and get it fixed. It might be expensive but apparently it would be worth it to you.
Edit:
Story time- I had a multitool my dad purchased for me before he died. I lost it one day and I was totally bummed. I mean I cried for like a whole day. Over a tool. Anyway I saw one on eBay once by random chance and bought it. When it arrived, it felt like the old one and I realized the object itself wasn’t special, it was what I memories and feelings it reminded me of when I held it. The new one did the same thing, at least close enough. So if repairing is not an option, replacing it might fill the hole.
I found one for you.
Drill, tap, machine screws with loc-tite?
Act like a proper car guy and slap some JB Weld on the bastard
Bummer, perhaps it can be repaired? By the way, be very careful about sharing photos of keys, it is often quite easy to produce a duplicate key from a photo.
I did think of that. The key visible in the photo is a dummy key that goes to a lock that I've misplaced.
This rather relies on an attacker also knowing where any of your locks are located, and any of them being heavy duty enough that it wouldn't simply be more expedient to show up with a crowbar. I'd be much more concerned if I were showing off keys to the premises of a well known commercial enterprise and also let people know it.
The issue with a crowbar is if people see you, it's kinda sus. Bring a key and no one thinks twice. You can do it in broad daylight.
That or posting your house keys on Facebook or something, where most of the people seeing it live near you. We on Lemmy generally don't even know who the other person is, so it'd be a ton of effort to use this information.
I’d be much more concerned if I were showing off keys to the premises of a well known commercial enterprise and also let people know it.
Gee, I really hope nobody does that.
*nudge nudge*
Its significantly easier to pick almost any lock
Possibly, but walking up with a pre-made key (or a few if you aren't 100% sure) is way more inconspicuous than breaking out yourracoon dick pick and trying to get lucky.
Edit: I had a random ebay seller able to make a key for my motorcycle just from a picture. And it worked the first time, so it can't be that hard.
I'd braze it but I'm a fucking barbarian.
Fixing things with hellfire and molten metal?
Not barbarian. demigod of the forge.
yeah, came here to say this. epoxy is not ideal
Maybe silver solder would do. Might be less likely to discolor it.
I totally get it. If I like something and use it or have it around a long time I bond with it. Does not matter if it was expensive or cheap but if it was cheap/free I tend to love it more however if it was expensive I tend to be madder at the loss.
You can reattach that with resin. It looks like thats what its made out of and its coated in somethibg metallic.
I think it’s powder sintered by the looks of it.
Absolutely don't just expoxy it, follow fubarx's tutorial below. Expoxy won't bind sheared metal to metal strong enough to stand up to pocket/keychain abuse. You don't have to go as fancy, but you need non brittle metal to re-connect those shear lines or it'll fall apart the first time you look at it funny.
That's a long time to own a thing. A lot of love goes into it.
Almost twenty years ago, I bought a wallet designed to look like an NES controller. I bought it for $15 from GameStop. Astoundingly, it lasted ... I think seventeen years. It was still usable but disintegrating pretty fast.
I had that wallet approximately half my life and got lots and lots of compliments on it. It was sentimental. I was sad to see it go - so much so that when I replaced it I bought a wallet display (something I didn't know existed before) and have it on my mantle to this day.
I mean...can you kintsugi it?
Forza Motorsport 3 specifically hits a sweet spot for me so I totally feel your pain.
I still have the lock box they included in the collector ‘s edition of GTA 4, they don’t make promo swag like they used to.
clearly a bad omen for Xbox :)
Think of it this way: if you put some effort into repairing it, it will have even more personal meaning than it did before.
The simplest thing you could do is just drill a hole on one end to pass a keyring through. That metal looks soft enough that any basic drill bit rated for mild steel should be able to punch through it in about a minute. File off the rough bits where the tab broke off, now it's custom.
Objects don't carry their own meaning. They have meaning because we give it to them.
I would just be so glad I noticed it happen and it didn’t randomly fall off when I didn’t notice and might be lost
If the epoxy method doesn't work out, perhaps try turning this event into an activity.
Learn some basic CAD, redesign the swag, but this time with something not Forza, but related to who you are now, and have it machined at PCBWay or similar.
It’s understandable. I got a small plain desk lamp for free several years ago. Cracked the base two years ago and duct taped it as one does. A couple of days ago the light started cutting off and I thought I was going to have to replace it, but it turns out the LED lightbulb was the problem. I was mildly relieved I wasn’t going to get a new lamp.
This is from the Limited Collector's Edition of Forza 3, right?
I actually have this one, unused, lying around somewhere in the box at my parents home.
If you are not too far, I could probably ask them to mail it to you.
Found it: 
Less pristine than I thought, but still whole :)
I really appreciate the thought, I'm going to try repairing it. It's more about this keyring being with me through all 4 of my cars than having a piece of Forza swag.
Although apparently these are selling for like $60 on eBay if you wanted to make a little money off of it.
If it's that sentimental, put it in a frame, not back with your keys, otherwise it'll eventually break again.
Ive still got the book from Collector Edition that keyring came from! It's awesome.
I feel your pain. I've had some skate shoe keychains on my keys for 22+ years now. My keys just wouldn't feel the same without my DVS nylon straps attached.
Do what the other guy said using the micro drill bit, but use a segment of high gauge wire instead of the dowel. Also, solder it, don't glue it. Bore a little extra space for the solder.
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