Thread: Straightening Crooked Scales

Ladies and gentlemen:

Thank you for your suggestions, Carrie, Joed, and all the rest. You were most helpful. I used a wedge between the scales and hot air from the hair drier. Afterward I placed a heavy cast iron cooking pot on the scales for weight (Where are bricks when you really need them?). That seemed to work, although the spacing between the scales is wider now.

At the same time I tried to tightened the pivot pins using my little jeweler's hammer, and succeeded somewhat, although the blade is still loose. I still have to use care folding the razor, but it is much better than before. I'll work on tightening the pivot pins a little more.

While all that was going on, I also put a little red paste on an old beat-up strop, stropped a couple razors, looked at some shaving sites, ordered a shave soap I did not need, drank two pots of tea, had a long conversation with a dear friend in London, went to the mail box to retrieve my Edwin Jagger aftershave balm, ordered a Filly strop from Ruprazor to use for pastes, and . . .

Well, I didn't feel like working today anyway.

Regards,
Obie

Sounds like a great day Obie! I'm sure the more you try to straighten razor scales the more you will like the results. Nobody was born knowing how to do this type of stuff ya know.

My dear Joed:

Thanks for your thoughts.

I have never worked with my hands except in recent months, when cleaning razors, slowly learning to hone, and performing other razor activities that rely on the use of the hands. My wife is the opposite: she is the fixer-upper around here. Would you believe she once asked for a sander for her Christmas present?

Anyway, when I do accomplish a task that requires using my hands, however small, that is a major fete for me. Considering my small success in straightening the scales on that lovely razor, I have scored a major accomplishment today. I mean that is big stuff for me. Oo-Rah!

Thanks to you, Carrie and our other SRP friends for your help.

Regards,
Obie