Thread: Sleeving or filling an oversized pivot hole

Ok I'll explain,

These older Sheffields were actually punched instead of drilled, or so the story goes IIRC Alex found that out for us...
They were not that big when they were punched if you look closely you will find that the irregular hole has worn over the years, because it is "irregular" and had the slop to begin with... You need to take apart a few NOS 100+ year old razors to learn this fact, and that is the problem there are just not to many of them out there, so most of what you see is the effect of all that wear and tear...
These holes should never be tight but they also should not be so loose as they allow slop...
You can leave it, there are no rules here, but leaving it allows slop to creep into your system so later down the line don't be surprised when the blade starts to hit things.. Just starting out it also allows the pin to bend way easier too, so yes it does behoove you to fix it while you have it apart...

As always the choice is with the restorer... we can only post what we have found to be the best fixes we have found so far to date...

My personal rule of thumb is, if I can fit the sleeve in there, it needs one, but that is JMHO....

I should also point out the opposite fix too, that you could also just use a larger pin....