Thread: Make it tight again?

Ok so after I polished my razors.. I noticed they became real loose, to the point if I were to hold the razor upside down - the blade will drop out of the scales with out any tension..

Is there a way I can tighten that up again? or am I SOL?

Most of the time they can be fixed.
No your not SOL.
Many of my vintage scales are loose, but it does not effect the way I hold it for shaving.
There are several members here that can fix the problem.

I hate loose scales. And I'm a complete barbarian. I fix mine by laying the pivot pin on a 5 kilo cast iron doorstop weight thingy, taking a normal hammer and tapping lightly, but many times on the pin. Everytime I do it I think I'm going to split the scales; but I haven't yet. That's just my experience; not a recommendation...

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

I hate loose scales. And I'm a complete barbarian. I fix mine by laying the pivot pin on a 5 kilo cast iron doorstop weight thingy, taking a normal hammer and tapping lightly, but many times on the pin. Everytime I do it I think I'm going to split the scales; but I haven't yet. That's just my experience; not a recommendation...

I'm pretty certain that's how you tighten loose pins - although replace hammer with a small ball peen hammer and replace iron doorstop weight thingy with...just about any flat metal thingy

You can use a table spoon if need be,Only real effect loose scales create is a bad feel when stropping to me.

Yes - It just feels bad to me. I like it being tight call me silly if you will. haha. I will try the hammer and spoon tactic.

Hammer & spoon,,,,,,,,,,sounds like a scale replacement on the way.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

You can use a table spoon if need be,Only real effect loose scales create is a bad feel when stropping to me.

I couldn't find my ball peen hammer the other day when I was peening, and I remember you saying this a few times before, so I took the heaviest metal spoon I had and got to work...a bit slow, but gentle on scales if you miss your mark, and it actually does the job. good advice!

Thank you the spoon idea was not mine,has been talked about by many.
but seeing how well a spoon actually works (with a far greater radius)made me make a peening hammer with about the same curvature so a miscue will not crack a scale.

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