Thread: 6/8 Josh Mappin & Brothers Queens Cutlery, double thumb notch.

Ha! Thanks Howard. I'm just going to be super super careful and go slow.

I'll start doing some reading on peening ivory too. Perhaps even a post soliciting advice.

Ok, the scales arrived yesterday and are absolutely beautiful!

I just un pinned the blade and hammered a piece of tubing into the pivot pin hole, which was huge!

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Now that's good and the pin fits through and much tighter with way less wiggle, I'm going to re pin this bugger into the ivory scales that Bob, lv6, gifted me.

Wish me mindfulness and luck!

Good luck with this Maddafinga! I can't wait to see this one done. Don't rush it! You did a great job on the polishing of the the blade too by the way.

I'm trying to go slowly and carefully. Thanks!

Well, not a crack, but by far the worst pinning job I've ever done. The pin bent at some point, but I kept on going. I think I should have waited and gotten some washers as the old pin hole is just larger than I can really peen the rod out to. I had annealed the brass rod to make it softer. Maybe that's why it bent, or maybe I didn't keep the rod red long enough, so it wasn't as soft as it should have been, I don't really know.

What I do know is that I'm going to cut this pin off and try again.

But not today. I'm already past the point where I should have stopped.

I'll give it another shot over the weekend, once I decide what to do about washers and what kind I want to get.

I will say this. It's very definitely been a learning experience, and the blade looks awfully good in these scales!

That is one sweet looking razor, double thump notch from that maker, is a wonderfull find for sure, Enjoy!

Thanks martin! It's a sweet razor. I just need to do a lot better pinning it. That's a horrible job right there

Hey Josh,

I was thinking, maybe take an old razor and try repining it with the rod, etc. and annealing process you're going to use. When you've got it down, then ivory. Or even Popsicle sticks with an old blade and drill sticks with the same diameter pin hole.

Looks great in those scales!!

Howard

Edit: Or, Popsicle sticks on the Mappin blade. I don't remember who it was but I know they recommended Popsicle sticks because if you could pin them without splitting them, then you were pretty safe to pin the ivory.

Not a bad idea. I've pinned a couple with this rod already, just not annealed before. I'll try the popsicle sticks though. I'll get this pinned how I want it, no matter what.