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Un-pinning and re-pinning a razor - Straight Razor Place Wiki

link to the wiki. it would be like the last two steps. plus some handy videos in there other members were kind enough to make.

Originally Posted by bondpunk

Un-pinning and re-pinning a razor - Straight Razor Place Wiki

link to the wiki. it would be like the last two steps. plus some handy videos in there other members were kind enough to make.

thanks, im watching the videos on the wiki page.. how does he place those divots on the hammer for finishing to peen those pins? with a drill? im going to have to invest in some dummy blades and rods and washers now lol. (also now it sounds like this post should be in the workshop thread now lol)

I used to a drill to place my divots on the hammer

I put my divots on the horn part of a 10 pound anvil available at Harbor Freight pretty cheap if you catch it right or use the weekly 20% off coupon. You also get a lot of flat area also for other stuff. I put felt pads on the bottum of the anvil so I wouldn't mark up what ever area I was working on also.
Oh by the way they sell a pretty sweet jewelers hammer too with interchangeable heads.

Cover the scales including pins with masking tape, then very slowly with your razor firmly secured file the head of the pin back so you can see the washer clearly, then take the razor to a piece of wood with a small hole drilled in it, place razor on the wood with the good side of the pin lined up with the hole, take a small punch the same size as the pin usually 1/16 lightly tap until you push the pin through the hole in the wood. then you can re-pin the razor.

Jamie.

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

Cover the scales including pins with masking tape, then very slowly with your razor firmly secured file the head of the pin back so you can see the washer clearly, then take the razor to a piece of wood with a small hole drilled in it, place razor on the wood with the good side of the pin lined up with the hole, take a small punch the same size as the pin usually 1/16 lightly tap until you push the pin through the hole in the wood. then you can re-pin the razor.

Jamie.

What would be considered the "good" side of the pin? thanks for the info!

What I actually mean by good side is the side you have not filed down, be very careful when you are filing the pin head off as not to mark the scales, also old scales can be very brittle make sure the pin head is as low and flush to the washer before you give it a little tap, spray a little bit of WD40 on the pin, it's a case of slowly slowly catch a monkey.

Regards Jamie