Thread: The Butchered Blade

By the way...
Dremmel makes a hard sponge like polishing wheel that has a mild abrasive in it. I use that and a dab of flitz or maas on it to clean up the hammer marks, and remove that edge from the pin. They are gray in color when their new.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

HEY! That blade looks familiar!

I bet it does. Thanks for sharing.
Its a great shaver too

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Ya, Shaun, I feel you, BUT as things get tight, take it to the buffer in several directions very lightly and smooth the rough edges till it has a smooth feel.
Then scrub the buffing compound off of everything! I do the same with collars a lot!

Well Tom you will see my collarless peening close up and first hand soon enough. I actually had not thought of buffing them after the fact. I guess that is why you are the leader.

Originally Posted by MW76

You guys are making me cringe at what i did with the Ivo scales i found two weeks back. I must have tapped this thing for almost two hours, taking a few breaks of course.. trying to get it flush. The pivot pin had about 1/16" of play in it either way when i got it.

I got that sucker in there though.

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Yeah. That one needed unpinning and starting over. It's about 2 licks from breaking a scale!
as it needs tightening again, I would suggest starting over.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Yeah. That one needed unpinning and starting over. It's about 2 licks from breaking a scale!
as it needs tightening again, I would suggest starting over.

Ill definitely keep that in mind.

To be honest i hope i never have to pin it up again. The holes are sunk way in. It was a nerve racking afternoon with that razor.

Originally Posted by RezDog

Well Tom you will see my collarless peening close up and first hand soon enough. I actually had not thought of buffing them after the fact. I guess that is why you are the leader.

It comes from looking at many examples and unsuccessfully attempting it over and over.
Think I have it now. Here comes a broken scale!

Originally Posted by outback

No I get them at Ace Hardware and a few other Hardware shops

Now my next question is - would anyone be prepared to pick up a pack or two for me and post them to the UK?

PM your address, I'll send a bunch when I get stateside

Originally Posted by outback

By the way...
Dremmel makes a hard sponge like polishing wheel that has a mild abrasive in it. I use that and a dab of flitz or maas on it to clean up the hammer marks, and remove that edge from the pin. They are gray in color when their new.

I use them and I found that a small (~2/2") piece of 0.010-0.020 shim brass with a hole/s of the right sizes in it can be a great tool to keep the polish where it belongs. Group the holes so your other hand can hold it to the scale.
~Richard

Originally Posted by UKRob

Now my next question is - would anyone be prepared to pick up a pack or two for me and post them to the UK?

Steve got a pile of them online. I am certain he will tell us where. I have not looked at Ace Hardware....
We have one down the street, however. I shall look next time I am in there!