Thread: Which is the least conspicuous pin/collar?

Say you were trying to reuse four collars from an old razor for a restoration and one of them was in worse shape than the other three - where would you put it? I'm not sure of an easier way to name the pin locations other than show-side pivot, show-side wedge, back-side pivot, back-side wedge. So, that's also a question - is there any convention for naming the pin locations? 1st base, 2nd base, 3rd base, shortstop?

I think you pretty much nailed the terminology. I would try to find a crap razor on the bay with the same washer for a parts razor, trade for one from someone here, or worse case put it on the non show side pivot (my 2 cents).

Post up a pic, someone may have a few that match tucked away.

No better advice can be said, unless you have a lathe amd a bunch of time on your hands

These are the collars, the old flowery type and kind of hard to come by. The one I thought was "bad" was the one missing one petal (A) and I was just going to use it anyway because it didn't bother me too much. But when it came time to pin I discovered another collar (B) was falling apart around the inner hole, the metal is very thin across the top like tin foil, unusable. So, I ended up using different collars entirely. I will always keep an eye out for these flowery collars, though maybe be able to use them in the future.

Look for this guy. His products are top notch.
New 12 Fancy Rosette Collars Washers Pins Brass NS Repair Old Straight Razors | eBay

AJ is a member here and makes excellent collars, though I don’t think he makes that exact one, but you could file his domed brass collar to match.

Personally if the collars don’t match I make or buy new ones.

That collar can easily be made, there is a video of how to somewhere here on the site.

Originally Posted by Matheus

Look for this guy. His products are top notch.New 12 Fancy Rosette Collars Washers Pins Brass NS Repair Old Straight Razors | eBay

Here's the man.http://straightrazorpalace.com/members/ajkenne.html

You can also look at craft shops. I've used bead caps for collars , and was pleased with the results.