Thread: Re-pinning

The situation:

One razor has a nice blade, but has your run of the mill, boring black scales.

The other razor has a large chip out of the blade, but the scales are bakelite, with those decorative steel end pieces we've all seen, I'm sure.

I'm looking to match the nice blade with the nice scales, but I have no idea how to do it. Can it be done? What tools do I need?

Yes just throwing in a link as an answer can be irritating to others and often seem quite trite but...

http://www.billysblades.com/Straight%20Razor%20Book.htm

Are you saying you're going to purchase that for me or something?

I just want a quick answer from someone who has done this before, not a link to a site where I'd have to spend money. Am I going to need new pins, or can the old ones be re-used? What tools will I require? Questions like these.

Using the search function would also be a good idea.. There are several threads on this topic out there.

You WILL need new pins, possibly washers and you may also need a SMALL ballpeen hammer and a surface suitable for hammering on, a drill and a bit suitable for the pins, small engraving burr, cupped nail punch... the list goes on.

I posted that link because the CD contains all the info you requested as well as how-to vids.

EDIT: beaten to it

I too, am also starting MY first restoration project, (Pix appearing soon...)...

I also have a few carcasses of rusted out, chipped, beat up old razors that I can use for parts as well, BUT I STILL NEED new pins, washers, collars, spacers, scales, etc...

Who, what, where, can I go to get NEW parts?

I actually bought the Bill Ellis CD, but I'd really appreciate some more specific direction and recomendations from members of this forum please...

Thanks in advance,

Tony

Originally Posted by Lancer

You WILL need new pins, possibly washers and you may also need a SMALL ballpeen hammer and a surface suitable for hammering on, a drill and a bit suitable for the pins, small engraving burr, cupped nail punch... the list goes on.

I posted that link because the CD contains all the info you requested as well as how-to vids.

EDIT: beaten to it

I spent time looking for readymade parts. I found nothing but Classic Shaving. I was not happy with the canned like results from using them. I bought BEs CD and learned from it how to make my own pins and much more. Making your own pins gives you the most control when centering a blade.

I took what I learned and applied it and changed it to fit my own personal restoration and repaire goals.

For me there is no greater reward than taking the good horn scales off a WB without breaking them, doing the needed blade & scale work, and putting them back on with my own pins.

I have done it both ways, and am glad I never found an answer to this question you ask. There may not be one.

Originally Posted by Blade Wielder

...I just want a quick answer from someone who has done this before, not a link to a site where I'd have to spend money. Am I going to need new pins, or can the old ones be re-used? What tools will I require? Questions like these.

..or, you could just follow along on Josh's restoration and do whatever he does.

(...kind of a....'monkey see - monkey do' kind of a thing....)

-whatever

-Lou