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The thing with peening is that you need to polish your hammer in order to get a nice finish on your pin without having to polish it.

None of this is my original thoughts either. This has all been posted here before. I think the drill chuck process came from one of sharptonn's posts. As for doming the washers there is no...

some domed washers
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A pin in the chuck
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With a washer
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washer on the peened pin
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my pin vice
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A pin vice is for holding small drill bits for hand drilling. I used a 1/2 drill chuck for doing one side of the pin.

It is easy to change the size of the hole in the scales. If it fits the hole in the blade, then that is what you should do. I use a drill chuck to hold the rod then put the washer on and peen one...

It can be tough getting it perfectly straight going through a crooked hole trying to make a straight hole. You can do both and go half way on each.

It is difficult to get the hole in exactly the same place with already shaped and separated scales. Tape the end with masking tape. Use a compass to mark the distance for the pin, and again for the...

I think there may be more going on here than first glance. Put it together with microbolts first to see hoe it dummies up.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/workshop/121025-hinge-pin-mechanics.html
This was a very good discussion for the most part and if you read through it I think you will see how it all works together.