Thread: 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.

A ballpeen hammer is a very important tool indeed!

I tried my first -and so far only - repinning using a regular hammer (didn't have a ballpeen) Well... I am still happy with my first scales.. But that pinning was just tragic

Congrats, it's a great feeling, the DIY stuff!

Cheers,
Jeremy

It gets easier as you go on.

Gratz,I too have been re-pinning some of my resto projects and for me it's definately a "take your time" thing.

You can just get a normal ball peen hammer and smooth and polish the head yourself. That's what I did.

Originally Posted by kcarlisle

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.

A nice 2 or 4 oz ballpeen is mostly used but I knew a few that go even heavier. But whatever the weight my favorite peen hammer is the one with a small head. That's what I always personally look for as I find a smaller rounded head easier to target and tap on such a small area.

Congratulations!

Any pics?