Hi Guys,

I'm working on my first repinning today, based around this razor:


As you can see, the scales were cracked around the pivot a bit, and the other side of the razor was even uglier--I think someone had repinned it at some point, using a nail and no washers.

The blade was loose in the scales, and seemed unwilling to tighten with careful peening, so I decided I would repin, and because of the cracked scales, rescale as well.

Spare time is a bit hard to come by as of late, and this is a daily shaver for me, so I decided to try and do things as fast as possible, using a premade rescaling set from Fendrihan's (blasphemy, I know; when I've got more time, I might like to start rescaling my collection, but it will have to wait for now) It came in yesterday, and I started work this morning to repin.

I've run into a couple of issues. I finally got the old pin out, and it looks like both it, and the pivot hole in the blade are slightly larger (5/64, rather than 1/16). This makes the new pin just a touch sloppy, but I don't have anything on hand to easily sleeve it with. Is it a worry?

Secondly, the set came with two pins and four domed washers...but the new scales already have a pin in at the wedge end. I assume that they included extra parts in case I screw up--and I appreciate that. However, I'm a bit lost, as I'm not sure if I can use domed washers for sitting between the blade and scales, and if so, which side does the dome sit on--blade or scale? I could always flatten them out, and redrill, but is that reasonably?

Thirdly, and perhaps most worryingly, the washers don't seem to want to go on the pin...they're too small. I could drill them out, but surely that isn't the intention when things come as a kit. Am I missing something?

Here's a pic of everything:


For reference, the black stub on the left is the old "pin."

Thanks in advance for any and all help!