Thread: i hope you don't mind my laziness...

i guess i can always get some new scales if i screw it up.

Did everyone make up and shake hands yet? I know things got ugly when the bunny pic came out. Make razors, not war...yadda yadda.

this may actually be a dumb question, but why wouldn't it be easier to use bolts or screws instead of pins? is it that old razors really weren't meant to be taken apart?

I actually make a razor with changeable scales or blades using the button screws you refer to.

They are normally not used because one of the screws likes to tighten by itself and the other likes to loosen by itself. The spacing washer behind the pivot pin has to be functioning properly to work.

It's easier to pin a razor. Screws require a threaded bushing that rotates smoothly within the tang of the razor. Screws work best if they actually contact each other in the center of the bushing while keeping the tension just right on the blade. + or - .001 or .002 to keep things right.

Screws directly into a threaded tang don't work very good either. Rotation binds up.

i'm not surprised it's easier to pin a razor, but i got a little nervous when someone said he didn't remove pins unless he wouldn't mind losing the scales. i'm only removing them to fix up a bit of rust, and i'd hate to have to replace the scales every time i needed to clean them.