Thread: Hinge pin play

I've asked similar questions before about old vintage razors like W&Bs. Many tend to have a pivot hole that appears too large for a normal pivot pin. An amount of play in the blade because of a big pivot hole would drive me mad. I'd clean up around the hole, pour casting resin or epoxy inside and once hardened, smooth it down flush with the tang then drill it the correct size. Pretty straight forward.

The brass tube sleeve fix has always been my favorite.

I did something similar with a razor I re-pinned after making a new scale. The hole in the blade was larger than the hole in the scale. I used a brass sleeve with an inside diameter that just fit over the standard 1/16 nickle silver rod and used that as a sheath for the blade. The blade does swing a little too freely because of the sheath though. I like them to be a little stiffer. I think perhaps I cut the brass sheath a little too long so the scale makes contact with both ends of it making a tight pinning a little difficult. I may pull it apart and file down the brass sheath a bit and see if that fixes it.

Good luck

Adam