Thread: Newbie question about obtaining supplies for razor restore/repair

Originally Posted by vferdman

The wedge is tight and I just looked and for the blade to "hide" in the scales the tip would need to come up almost 1/4"! The heel is what protrudes.

The blade has settled into the scales at the wedge end.it needs to come up at the wedge end.
Re-peening the wedge end may work.
Making a thinner wedge by just a few thousands may also.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

The blade has settled into the scales at the wedge end.it needs to come up at the wedge end.
Re-peening the wedge end may work.
Making a thinner wedge by just a few thousands may also.

Understand. If I squeeze the scales at the wedge end the tip comes up and the heel also and at some point it disappears into the scales. However, there is a lot of squeezing I have to do to make that happen. Tell me if I am off on this plan. Unpin the razor, create liners for the scales and glue the scales to them flush taking out all the warpage. Then fit the scales back with a new wedge such that the blade stays in the scales. I would almost want to rescale this razor, but those overlays on the scales are just too cool to throw away.

Originally Posted by vferdman

Understand. If I squeeze the scales at the wedge end the tip comes up and the heel also and at some point it disappears into the scales. However, there is a lot of squeezing I have to do to make that happen. Tell me if I am off on this plan. Unpin the razor, create liners for the scales and glue the scales to them flush taking out all the warpage. Then fit the scales back with a new wedge such that the blade stays in the scales. I would almost want to rescale this razor, but those overlays on the scales are just too cool to throw away.

You need to do some reasearch about warped scales and how to repair them,Using liners is not the best way IMO.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

You need to do some reasearch about warped scales and how to repair them,Using liners is not the best way IMO.

Got you. I was just throwing something out there. As I said, I am learning.

Originally Posted by vferdman

Got you. I was just throwing something out there. As I said, I am learning.

Thats what is so great about SRP,all the info is here,I do not know how to make links but someone will come along and do it I am sure.
Good luck.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Thats what is so great about SRP,all the info is here,I do not know how to make links but someone will come along and do it I am sure.
Good luck.

I found some threads on SRP by just googling. Thank you. I am reading and absorbing. Still hoping to not have to unpin any of my razors. Just not confident enough yet. But I am sure I will take the plunge at some point. That's how I learn. I could read all day bout it, but if I do it once or 50 times I get it better

Edit: Here is the link I am talking about. Thought I'd put it in for others reading here.