Re-centering a blade

[Whiskey79]

He y’all

I bought a nice “ace of spades” razor on eBay. Razor looks great, aside from some junk in the jimps. However, it does not close centered. I’d rather avoid unpinning this and risk damage to scales as I’m fairly new at restores.

Is there any way I can give the pins some taps with the ball peen to coerce the blade back towards center? How and which sides do I go after to move it in particular direction? For example, if I need blade to move right to center, what would I do?

Thx!


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[Straight up]

I would first check that the blade was flat. I had an issue with a stright not closing well and assumed the scales were warped. After making the scales and re-scaling I discovered that the blade was bent. No amount of tapping will fix that issue.

 

[RumpleBearskin]

My understanding is that you strike the toe-side of the pivot pin on the scale that you wish the blade to move toward. Kind of "pulls" the blade toward that side.

I've also heard it suggested to strike the pin-side of the pivot pin on the side you wish to move the blade away from, but this seems less effective to me. Theory is that doing so "pushes" the blade over.

I try to follow the above, but do so mostly by the seat of my pants.

 

[Doc226]

Unless the holes are slightly larger than the pin, it wont move much.

I usually drill the pivot and wedge holes slightly larger than the pinning rod, this does allow a small amount of play

 

[Whiskey79]

Thx guys.

At this point I think I’ll just leave them be. The blade closes fine with just a little pressure to the opposite side. The scales are very old and horn scales. I don’t want to risk jacking them up over a minor issue.


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[bluesman 7]

A kludge fix that works with zero commitment, is to put a small piece of clear packing tape on the inside of the scale just ahead of the pin to move the blade over.

 

[Bevel]

Have a look at this for a more detailed explanation by Njguy1977

The World's Worst @Pinning the Straight Razor.

And one more thing, I dont use any washers when pinning, perhaps when you miss a hit the washers gap is causing the scale to snap at the end due to flex. Use brass instead of nickel and dont use washers inside next to the blade. All my vintages never had them so why start now. You will get a...

www.badgerandblade.com

 

[ajduplessis]

Light taps on the pivot pin on the side you want to move the blade away from.