Thread: Duh! Centering blades.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Nahh not me. I just relieve the inside of the scales a little that way it doesn't matter if the washers spin.

I have certainly cobbed up some scales doing that. Don't have the touch! Some sort of woodworking mill with a pilot would be nice. Take an angle and dig in! Saw a fella do that here once. IF ca will stick to your scales, it seems great because you can sand a bit at a time and reassemble with microfasteners to test. Apart, a bit more.
I figure if it gets really thin in the process, another thin washer won't be noticible, and the thing would never spin

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

You can also just sand the inside of the scale and then use a washer like you normally would. Or you can sand the tang right around the pivot. I do like you method, though.

Sanding the scale inside is where I have a problem!
Some old razors may need a combination of the 2!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Sanding the scale inside is where I have a problem!
Some old razors may need a combination of the 2!

I use a dremel with one of those round burrs & grind the front of one side of the pivot hole & back of the other to tilt the blade on assembly.. Only do an area the size of the washer tho & not deep. As you said a few thou at the pivot makes for a lot of change at the wedge end.

Just to be clear, I grind at the scales not the razor tang.

Really skewed blades can hit the scales with the tail on fully opening. I have resorted to bending the tail a little in that case &/or even a bit of judicious grinding.