Ha!!! This is so simple and basic, I know, but I read the posts and stickies here, bought some nickle/silver rod and some washers, and FIXED A FREAKING RAZOR BY MYSELF, BABY! Sorry, can't help myself. It was only a pin that broke off and fell out, but when I thought about the cost of sending it to be fixed and waiting for it to come back, then I started looking into the steps for fixing it here, and then one thing leads to another, and you know what happens next.

Anyway, here's a few stupid questions, since you've come this far:

Where do you find the little washers in nickle silver? I have nickle silver rod, but I could only find stainless steel washers at Micro Fasteners.

Next, the flattened surface of my pin has kind of a rough, hammered look. It's kind of circular, but it doesn't look like the perfect little round dome like on other razors I have. So how do you get that perfect, smooth, round button look for your pins?

Next, I want to replace some pins on some other razors I have, but how the heck do I cut or snip off the old pins? I don't want to file them because I'm worried about scratching the scales. Is there some kind of cutter or other tool to snip the old pins off?

Why do some people use brass rather than nickle silver? Is it just for color, or is one metal better than the other.

Anyway, I'm pretty psyched for such a small thing, but this has definitely been fun!