Thread: What kind of wire cutters for repinning razors?

When buying diagonal cutters, buy the flush cut kind. Those are the ones with a smoothly curved surface all the way to the cutting edge.

~Richard

You also have to consider this: when using flush cutters, there is a certain amount of pressure on the scale material, due to the angle of the cutting surfaces.
With brass, you can usually get away with that. But if your pins are so tough that you need heavy duty cutters, you are also more likely to crack the scales.
Using a file and a small punch is much safer. Or if you have one: just use a belt sander to get rid of the pinhead.

Exactly what I do! Touch to the belt sander, then use a very small file for the last tiny bit that has to come off if there's more to go. That makes it much less likely I'll sand through to the scales and I can control it all more finely. Alternatively, flush cutters for all but the hardest metal pins, or pins used with fragile scales.

I have some small flush cutters from Harbor Freight that work GREAT & were less than $10.00. Then I use a small file to smooth the pin up.

Slawman

Originally Posted by Geezer

When buying diagonal cutters, buy the flush cut kind. Those are the ones with a smoothly curved surface all the way to the cutting edge.

~Richard

What Rich said! H F has a small flush cutter for cheap that has worked great for me for 4 or 5 years.

Slawman