The original ones are warped and shrunken a fair amount (the spacer has more surface area than either scale at this point).
Does this look like a viable scale swap candidate?
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You can put the little razor in the bigger scales but not the bigger razor in the smaller scales.
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The bigger one is a wreck, sadly.
You can find pre-made scales on straightrazordesigns or on ebay
or better yet, make some new ones yourself!
You can swap - but the gap at the wedge will be larger.
Functionally - that doesn't matter really.
You 'could' redrill them to fit the smaller blade, then reshape them and fill the old pivot hole too.
Or - just get new scales. Lots of options here.
Functionally - that doesn't matter really.
You 'could' redrill them to fit the smaller blade, then reshape them and fill the old pivot hole too.
Or - just get new scales. Lots of options here.
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http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/359292-Bought-my-first-straight-in-a-loooong-time-today
It actually fits a lot better than I thought.
It actually fits a lot better than I thought.
Show us some pictures! I have seen some pretty sad looking razors brought back to life.
Also, if you are going to trash the scales that the razor are in now, it would be a perfect opportunity to try your hand at heating them and bending them back into shape.
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I got rid of it. I suppose if you had nothing better to do in this world you could spend your time cutting off the toe and grinding something like this down into a stubby trimming razor, but why bother? It bummed me out enough that it was a Torrey from Massachusetts that didn't look like it was ever used going by wear patterns and just died from neglect. At least it is helping another survive now.
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Asked someone I know who deals in antique tools if they could find me a nice peening hammer as the one I have is a bit large for this purpose and nerve wracking to use. I'd say this was hit out of the park, a nice, old machinist/jeweler's hammer:
Does anyone on the net sell tiny amounts of pinning material? Seems on ebay you need to buy enough stuff to pin 50 razors.
Does anyone on the net sell tiny amounts of pinning material? Seems on ebay you need to buy enough stuff to pin 50 razors.
I think that hammer is still a bit large but make sure you tap very lightly. your not trying to drive a nail you just want to dent the top of the pin with each hit and each little dent will add up to a nice rounded head. On the material you can buy the rod from TexasKnifesupply in 1/16 nickel/silver or brass. Classicshaving has pins themselves I believe.
Maggard razors has small amounts--enough for 10 razors or so.
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Yes, but this is quite light the handle is a great diameter to remind me to be gentle and the peening head is a quite controllable shape, at least. A huge improvement over what I had. It re-tightened some other pins beautifully. I'll check the suggested places out.
Ok i was just trying to say 2-4 o is ideal. Mine came from Widgetsupply.com. Just be sure to hit it with the same force you would get from a table spoon which I also have used with success.
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That is about what it weighs, the head of this is quite narrow throughout. The face of the standard hammer side is about a penny in diameter, and the middle block is far less. Between the material in your hand and the general lack of mass, most of the weight is coming from the flat end. It's quite nice. I just cupped the base in my palm and tapped away in a circular pattern with my index finger 3/4 of the way up the handle.
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