HOORAAH! Successfull first re-pin!
I just wanted to gloat a little on my first re-pin that was a success! I also wanted to thank everyone's replies to my threads or others asking for advice & anyone's info they posted in the Wiki about re-pinning a razor. It was surprizingly easy but without all the posted info, could have turned out to be a more than once and costly learning experience. I especially found the advice on "Tapping only" to be very important. I was kind of worried about going a little too far and cracking the scales. I was quite surprised by just tapping, how slowly it allowed me to get the razor to just the right tension in the scales.
One thing I think I could benifit from would be a jeweler's ballpeen hammer. I used a regular small ballpeen, but from what I can see, the jeweler's ballpeen is much more rounded and smooth to make the job easier.