Thread: No drills in Sheffield?

Cleaning up a M. George & Sons. I removed the broken scale and the pivot hole is huge and tapered from both sides. It appears the used a punch to knock a hole in it while red hot from both sides.
Is this common on old razors or is it just a Sheffield thing? My Wade and butcher is the same way.
Guess I'll break out the shim tubing.

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Now that you mention it, I just checked a HH Taylor near wedge I'm working and it looks like that. At first I thought they used the worlds wobbliest drill, but under magnification it does look punched.

In the library there is a good pic of filling the hole with epoxy then you can drill thru it - that's what I plan to do...

Yup, I think it is pretty common with old Sheffie razors. Lots of threads on how to fix that if you want to.

Bob

Yes it is common I have a set of GW&S IXL's that are like that. The shim tubing will work but I tend to use Jb weld as it's an epoxy that's waterproof an is silverish.

Unless you have the blade walking forward and hitting the wedge, there is no need to bush the hole, IMO.
I also do not use thrust washers with old Sheffields in horn. To me, they work best as they were made.
Just me!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Unless you have the blade walking forward and hitting the wedge, there is no need to bush the hole, IMO.
I also do not use thrust washers with old Sheffields in horn. To me, they work best as they were made.
Just me!

I fully concur!

Yes, pivot holes were hot punched on Sheffield razors & scales were also long enough to allow for some creep.
Pretty 'agricultural' huh ?

That was how it was done back then.

Close enough for government work it was.

Bob

Germans have drills? Yes not such a big deal. Seems dodgy in this day and we shoot for perfect in our gems. My Wade & Butcher hit the scales. They were warped a bit and made the blade pull to one side.

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