Thread: The Butchered Blade

Originally Posted by MikeT

With all the trouble I've heard of steel pins I don't think I want to try them. I wonder if we could find those little collars wholesale and use nickel silver pins...?
I'm gonna try to order only the brass from him.

Well, have both coming from him but I should be able to change the steel pin portion out for nickel silver. His are 1.6mm & I measured my nickel rod & it is 1.58mm so I think I can swap it out.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Yank it out and wash it good, outback! Epoxy first, oil last!

Hey Tom .
Just read your message this morning.
Took out and washed thoroughly with detergent.
Scales look alot better than last night. But I'll find out tonite, once completely dry.
Wanted to oil a little beforehand to help with unpinning.
They looked very brittle, figure the oil would soften them up a little before unpinning, so mabye they wont blow apart.

Thanks
Mike

Originally Posted by MikeT

With all the trouble I've heard of steel pins I don't think I want to try them. I wonder if we could find those little collars wholesale and use nickel silver pins...?
I'm gonna try to order only the brass from him.

The problem with the silver is I have not found any which are genuine solid nickel-silver made like this. Stainless rivet bodies are terrible. Nickel-silver pins just seize-up in them. I have tried brass rivet-bodies, but they don't have the final look of Babur's collars.
His nickel/silver-plated brass ones are great. Just don't go out and buff them hard with heavy compounds.

Just a tiny bit sticking out makes for a nice job. These were done using nickel-silver and brass rod.

I went back and read my messages. Are you sure we are talking about the same guy? Here's the listing:

Cut Throat Razor Repair Needs Pins Ø 1 6 Mm | eBay

And here is the message:

Hello,
4 sets silver pins no problem, it costs 49,90USD
Thanks regards
4x11 = 44
Shipping = 5.90
[email protected] (my paypal email)

He said in another that they are steel, not plated with silver.
Hmmmm. I dunno. Maybe he had changed it? Anyway silver ones seem a bit pricy...
Nickel silver pins to replace steel? I don't want to have to anneal the steel.. didn't you do that Tom and you still had to start over?

The silver collars I have from him are indeed plated brass. The pins, I don't use. The pins which came with the larger sized collars are indeed steel. They make great trim nails or for hanging pics.
I have ground the bottom of many of the silver collars to size them and the brass is obvious there. I have overpolished some on the buffer and they come up brass there as well.

I just dumped some of them out and a magnet picks them up. Steel 1/16 pins on the smaller ones as well.
Ah well, I got them for the collars, rod stock is cheap. Moral is, stay with the 1/16 inside-sized collars and use standard Nickel-silver or brass rod. Stay away from the larger and smaller-sized ones in silver, rod stock is probably not common. Not worth it, IMO.



Back to the razor I completed above, As grinding the nickel-plated collar from underneath, the brass can be seen.



Good thing about the brass, plated or not, is that the pins do not seize in them and all tightens-up nicely, IMO.

sharptonn:
The silver collars I have from him are indeed plated brass. The pins, I don't use. The pins which came with the larger sized collars are indeed steel. They make great trim nails or for hanging pics.
I have ground the bottom of many of the silver collars to size them and the brass is obvious there. I have overpolished some on the buffer and they come up brass there as well.

I just dumped some of them out and a magnet picks them up. Steel 1/16 pins on the smaller ones as well.

Ah well, I got them for the collars, rod stock is cheap. Moral is, stay with the 1/16 inside-sized collars and use standard Nickel-silver or brass rod. Stay away from the larger and smaller-sized ones in silver, rod stock is probably not common. Not worth it, IMO.

Back to the razor I completed above, As grinding the nickel-plated collar from underneath, the brass can be seen.

Good thing about the brass, plated or not, is that the pins do not seize in them and all tightens-up nicely, IMO.


Cool Tom! If I'm reading this right then replacing the steel pins with nickel silver will work like I said I would do.

By Jove, Steve! I do believe you have it!!

BTW, what are you doing with your quotes?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

His plated silver ones are great. Just don't go out and buff them hard with heavy compounds.

Just a tiny bit sticking out makes for a nice job. These were done using silver and brass rod.

Whats especially great of Baber is his handy dandy pin length shim he includes just place it over the last side to be pinned and snip the pin flush against it, and voila perfect pin lengths every time.

Originally Posted by Tarkus

Whats especially great of Baber is his handy dandy pin length shim he includes just place it over the last side to be pinned and snip the pin flush against it, and voila perfect pin lengths every time.

HI Darry!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

By Jove, Steve! I do believe you have it!!

BTW, what are you doing with your quotes?

My quotes???? Or are you referring to when I reply with quote? I shorten them up, especially the images to cut down on space if that's what you're talking about.