Perfect Razor Pins and some very nice scales

I was referred to this gentlemen in Germany who has some gorgeous pins and a system to attach them that works great with less chance of dinging your scales.

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He sent some sample packs of his pins. You can tell from the pics they are nice. If you look at the packs you'll see a liner for lack of a better term. Once you drill the hole in the scales you lightly hammer this guide liner into the hole. It serves to protect the hole you just drilled and keep it from rounding out over time and razor use.The last picture shows a template that protects the scales as you hammer in the nail with attached ornamental cover of your choice. The template has two holes one for the nail to fit through and the other to fit over the ornamental cover so when you attach it the template again protects the scales. After attaching everything you just lift the template and it comes right off clean as can be with no marks on the scales. Then you flip the scales over and place the template over the nail and cut the nail to length. Then you take the Dremel and sand the rough nail edge down to where you want it. After that remove the template and hammer the pin lightly to shape it and flare it to hold. I tried leaving the template on and it worked and I could remove the template after shaping and hammering it down.
I really like this system of attaching pins. It's easy and keeps you from hurting the scales. Here is the address to contact him and order.

Pins montieren/Pins assemble - Rassiermesser/razorhandle

Printed instructions come with them and the website has a slideshow showing how to use them.
Contact Order Link http://www.razor-handles.de/5.html

I hope you guys like these as much as I do!

Tried to email him few months back but with his English and mine German it was unworkable. Will have to try him again.

Hey Gunner,

I looked on his site but couldn't find any pricing. Do you mind saying what items were in the sample package he sent you, and what the overall cost was? Also, what method did you use to send your payment? I hope you don't mind me asking.

Regards - Walt

Argh. One thing which I did not ask.

Walt,

Nope don't mind at all. The pics are the ones he sent me. These were samples he sent. The cost is $6 for the plain type and $8 for the fancy pins with covers he calls Cats Eyes. The template is a freebie he sends with the order.
I just emailed with the "Kontact" link and he replied right away and told me he would send some right out. I got them in about a week. I told him I would post the info on the forum since I was so impressed with his design and workmanship. They are so simple to install and very hard if not impossible to mess up the scales when your taping with a hammer. That and with that guard the Dremel is easy to use without touching the scales.
He also sells on ebay and has a couple of auctions up now.
Cat-Eye Pins - eBay (item 140321072488 end time May-22-09 19:15:15 PDT)

I think he uses Paypal since he sells on ebay.

Nice!

If you need help contacting or dealing with him, let me know.

Olivia,

I bet you can:-) I see your in Berlin. I appreciate it!!!

Hey Walt I missed one question you asked. Each picture depicts the pack of one set of the pins and everything you need to install them. The pack with small regular heads are the $6 ones and the one with a Cats Eye is one of the fancier ones and that pack is $8.Photo instructions are included with each pack.
Take a look at his scales to. There is a page with a slideshow showing all the scales he makes both traditional and fancy with about 7 or 8 wood types.