Thread: scale replacement need rivets

I'm putting new ebony scales on a razor and I cant figure our where one gets those little rivets. Anyone know where I can get some?

I have had that Razor for 20 years and I still havent shaved with it. I'm getting ready to use it. I made my own soap, got a strop, and have a hone on its way.

www.classicshaving.com and the guys in the restoration forum have several other suppliers for pins, too.

You made your own soap?! Seriously? How do you do that?

<remembers Fight Club>

Did you break into a liposuction clinic?

It’s not hard at all. I have only used my own soap for years. I thought since I was going to start using a straight I should make my own soap.
I went to the store and got a pound of lard. Went to the health food store and got some coconut oil because its makes the best lather and some avocado oil because its so wonderful for the skin. I went to my friend’s house who is into essential oils and we mixed some stuff together that smell nice and is good for the skin.
I then melted the oils together in a pot and go on line to the lye calculator and it helps me to get the correct amount. You can get lye at the store too. I mix the lye in goat milk but water will work fine until it dissolves, and I poor it into he oil and mix it up until it starts to thicken up. Then I put in the smell and I poured it into paper cups so they would be the right size for a shaving mug.

There is lots of information at the lye calculator site. Just google lye calculator.

Originally Posted by craig

It’s not hard at all. I have only used my own soap for years. I thought since I was going to start using a straight I should make my own soap.
I went to the store and got a pound of lard. Went to the health food store and got some coconut oil because its makes the best lather and some avocado oil because its so wonderful for the skin. I went to my friend’s house who is into essential oils and we mixed some stuff together that smell nice and is good for the skin.
I then melted the oils together in a pot and go on line to the lye calculator and it helps me to get the correct amount. You can get lye at the store too. I mix the lye in goat milk but water will work fine until it dissolves, and I poor it into he oil and mix it up until it starts to thicken up. Then I put in the smell and I poured it into paper cups so they would be the right size for a shaving mug.

There is lots of information at the lye calculator site. Just google lye calculator.

This link is the easy way. http://candleandsoap.about.com/od/so...havingsoap.htm

I use a cup cake pan as a mold. I spritz it with alcohol and the pucks pop out and the size is perfect.

I was going to use the cup cake pan too but I couldn't find it. It is the better option.

The original question, where to get the pins. Guys that do a lot of restoring make our own. For what you pay for one set you can make about 50 sets. This is about the most economical source for ready made sets that I know of. http://cgi.ebay.com/Stifte-fuer-Rass...QQcmdZViewItem

Bill Ellis's CD on restoration tells how to make them and what you need to do it.

are those bullseye pins?

Originally Posted by Kenrup

The original question, where to get the pins. Guys that do a lot of restoring make our own. For what you pay for one set you can make about 50 sets. This is about the most economical source for ready made sets that I know of. http://cgi.ebay.com/Stifte-fuer-Rassiermesser-schalen_W0QQitemZ140204899699QQihZ004QQcategoryZ78 368QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Bill Ellis's CD on restoration tells how to make them and what you need to do it.

Originally Posted by deadringer

are those bullseye pins?

Yes, but they are easy to make too. (Still love your graphic!)