Well, I've restored probably over 30 razors so far. Having lots of fun. However I've noticed on a LOT of them, the pins are turning dull. I figured it was the type of brass rod I was using that maybe wasn't a good sample somehow. The first few restores that I did were with some pins that I bought from members here and they are still very nice & shiny.
So I find the original K&S rods package in which came the rods which I had bought off ebay. Lo and behold, they are COPPER and not brass!!
This is so so frustrating!! I used these pins for at least 15-20 of the razors!! And looking at my collection its quite obvious which are pinned with brass vs copper!!!
I don't know yet if I will go and repin them all with brass, but I think so...its just too frustrating to see the pins get darker while the washers are still a nice shiny gold color.
At least I am definitely better at pinning now, so I guess it would result in a better job for most of them... :-/
So I find the original K&S rods package in which came the rods which I had bought off ebay. Lo and behold, they are COPPER and not brass!!
This is so so frustrating!! I used these pins for at least 15-20 of the razors!! And looking at my collection its quite obvious which are pinned with brass vs copper!!!
I don't know yet if I will go and repin them all with brass, but I think so...its just too frustrating to see the pins get darker while the washers are still a nice shiny gold color.
At least I am definitely better at pinning now, so I guess it would result in a better job for most of them... :-/
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