Thread: Double Arrow Bent Blade?

Call me crazy, but does this look bent to you? When it closes I have to be careful and push it away from the scale otherwise it would nick the scale. It's a cheap razor in comparison to others but it seems to shave just fine and I'd like to make it right if possible. I think the bend is in the tang. Maybe I could press it out? Thoughts, ideas, ridicule?

At $9.50 a shot, these things are almost as cheap as Mach 5 replacement cartridges!

You should purchase them buy the bunch, and when one wears out, or is defective, you throw it in the bin, and grab the next one!






(I'm waiting for my first shipment of 3....)

Hard to tell from the photo but it looks like the rivet in drilled on a skew or the scales are warped.

Of the two I just bought, one has scales so warped that the blade bites in unless I push it away. it hits the scale a full inch into the blade!!!!!

On the plus side, I don't mind practicing hioning on them. I got one razor shaving almost decently!!!!

Most all razors have the tang grand at an angle on one side, but not the other. Unless care is given when putting the scales on (DA does not take such care..) you will run into trouble.

I think the razor is fine, the scales are garbage.

The blade on my DA is loose enough to hit either scale if not guided in. The movement is also loose, so the scales can slam shut easily.

Normally those two problems would be a very bad combination. But those clever chaps at DA made the scales so soft that they are unlikely to damage the blade!

That was my initial thought Seraphim, though your pic did a much better job explaining that than my typing would have.

And plus one on that pin looking very bent.

My opinion… the razor is at fault. From what I can see, the pivot pin hole appears to be square to the axis of the tang, and the scales are aligned with the tang, BUT the tang is not aligned with the spine.

If you open the razor and sight from the tail along the top of the spine to the point (sighting down the barrel) you may see the “apex” of the bend at the shoulder (if it were a rifle I would say “your shots are pulling to the left”).

This may or may not be fixable, the tang/tail on some razors, are not as hard as the blade, you may be able to “gently bend” it straight in a vice.

Do not try to "fix" the bend... if there is one. The razor will most likely break. I bought a bunch of them to give to local new guys and one of mine was also bent. Another had some pretty uneven grinding along the spine, scales were bad on a few. Pinning was terrible.
But, they are inexpensive and hone up easily.

Give them some TLC and a lot of elbow grease and they turn out to be a super razor. I had to start with 120 grit aluminium oxide sandpaper on this one, then worked up to 12000 grit micromesh, then 4 buffing compounds. did a little regrind on the heel to dress up an uneven and ugly grind. Drop it in a set of quilted redwood burl scales and put a wicked edge on it and they shave as good as as $200 razor.