Thread: First successful peen job.

Hi all,

Despite not thinking I would ever do a proper peen on a restore, I have finally done a complete peen on a pivot pin, and actually did it right.

The blade is good and tight. It centers perfect and the peen job doesn't look to shabby. It's not as perfect as the peens from the factory, but I don't know how they were done. I took a silver tac that came with the scales, 2 stainless washers for bearings, and some brass on the outside. Only one side needed the washer as the head on the tac looks like it has a washer already.

I must have hit that thing 600 times or more. My wife came into the shop and asked me to please stop that tapping. It was making her crazy. 5 minutes later, and I was done anyway.

So, for those of you who don't think you can peen, it's a lot easier to do properly that I previously had thought. Again, it's not perfect, but it is to me, knowing it was my first success.

Thanks gents!!! Happy shaving..

Mike

Congrats on conquering the intimidation.

Something I consider when tackling these projects. I realize many generations of workers have done this type of work as production prior to me.

I figure they may have used less modern equipment and love that that a may apply to the one job I happen to be working on. I may take much longer than someone did in production, but strive to make it up in attention to detail.

peening is like shaving the philtrum, seems scary and hard but is actually not as scary once you try it a couple times.

Glad u had a successful first go at peening!!!
Make sure to polish them up with some Maas or mothers and show those babies off!

Two things:

Congratulations, the following razors will no longer be intimidating if they need taken from the scales & repinned.

It never happened if there aren't any pictures!

I never knew I had a philtrum, and it is the sort of knowledge I might have been better off without. It doesn't sound terribly nice.

Remember that you can smooth off a slightly faceted peening job, or one in which the rim of the pin still shows, with abrasive paper. Adhesive tape with a small hole will protect the scales.

The class act for this job would be a watchmaker's staking set, which is like a tiny bench-drill, but with a hole for punches instead of the moving parts. Complete, cased ones are expensive, but if you haunt eBay long enough, an incomplete one will go cheap. They don't usually include a spherically concave one, but they use standard-sized steel punches, usually 5mm. or 3/16in. or so, and one wouldn't be hard to make.