Hi,

+1 on Pauls' observation about broken side cutters.

I had an old French razor I wanted to re-scale, so I got out the side cutters and CRACK, the end of the cutters broke off and hit me in the face. Luckily I was wearing safety specs

It transpired that the pin was made of mild steel

Since then, it has been files only for pin removal !

Have fun !

regards

Russ