Thread: W&B pin holes

ok to all the guys that work on razors i have received 2 wbs and both have had pin issues. is this pretty common with them. i have a few pics. the first 2 are the smae blade and the third one is a different one







any thoughts on this

thanks again jason

Buy some small rivets about 1/8th size and drill to fit the rivet and use it as a sleeve. i have done that before and it worked out fine. Others might have better suggestions.
Good Luck!

i have ordered some tubing for them i was just wondering if this was normal is all

Since your pinning material is 1/16", you can use 1/16" ID brass tubing as a sleeve. If the hole is still too big, you can use another layer of brass tubing outside of the first tube. Build it up till you fill the hole.

Originally Posted by jballs918

i have ordered some tubing for them i was just wondering if this was normal is all

I've seen it. I don't know how common it is but it certainly has happened to more than just yours!

I've seen it a bunch on the bigger sheffield blades. Sometimes the hole is a circle that's not quite symmetrical sometimes it's an oval, and sometimes the hole is at a slight angle. these guys have already pretty much covered how to deal with it. Other than that, I know some guys just cut a small length off of the clear part of an ink tube in a ball point pen and slip that over their pinning stock too.

good luck

Originally Posted by Utopian

Since your pinning material is 1/16", you can use 1/16" ID brass tubing as a sleeve. If the hole is still too big, you can use another layer of brass tubing outside of the first tube. Build it up till you fill the hole.

I picked up my brass rod and tubing at the local hobby shop, works very well with the big holes in older blades.

Originally Posted by jballs918

i have ordered some tubing for them i was just wondering if this was normal is all

So far, I have only unpinned 4 razors. However, every single one of them had a pin hole that was over sized and irregular to some degree. Also, of the 3 razors in my daily rotation, at least one of them (a very nice henkels) has such an extremely over sized pin hole that you can move the blade back and forth at least 1/16".

What that leads me to believe (not based on any kind of expertise, just my impression) is that it's extremely common, and given how well my henckels shaves in spite of it, I can't see that it matters much either.

Guys: IT IS USUALLY UNNECESSARY TO DO ANYTHING BUT PIN THESE BLADES NORMALLY. Tubing, etc. really makes little difference in most cases. It will function just the same when pinned. If you mock up the scales and there is too much play, then you can take these measures, but really- the blade functioned without a fix for a hundred years before didn't it? The reason for these holes being shaped like this is because they would punch the hole out while the blade was hot- not exactly the most accurate way to do things, but before drilling was commonplace, it's what they did.

I agree that it is unnecessary unless there is side to side movement of the blade, and it could contact the scales.

However, I, like I am sure many others, am a perfectionist, and cannot stand the idea that there is an unround hole in my razor.
I just sleeved mine with an ink tube from a Bic pen, and if it wears out in my lifetime, I'll re-do it with a brass sleeve.