Hi All,
Seeking some opinions on repairs needed for a recently-acquired ERN 1166.
As purchased the main concern was chips near the toe. Being a bottom feeder, I saw this as an opportunity to get an example of this razor for below the price of a shave-ready version.
The chip issue is pretty much taken care of
Before
After - OK, not entirely done, there are still 2 tiny chips near the toe and just in front of the heel.
Before moving forward with the blade I need to address two other issues:
1) A pretty decent crack in the back slide scale at the pivot pin.
2nd issue is that even though this appears to be all original parts, the blade toe is clearly banging into the wedge. In fact this very well could be the source of all the chips at the toe. The blade does close completely, but only because it jams into a gap between the wedge and scale.
So I want to address both issues. I was not planning to remove the pins on this razor because I think they are original. However
1) I am concerned that trying to glue closed the crack at the pivot pin will likely get glue onto the pin or the tang of the blade
2) I know that if I pull the pin at the wedge I can sand down the wedge in a few minutes. It wouldn’t be impossible to do this without pulling the scales apart, but it will be much more difficult, particularly with the specific tools that I have available.
3) Also the scales are a bit warped, and my thought is that this would be easier to fix if I pull off the scales.
So 3 good reasons to pull the pins.
The downside of pulling the pins is that while I am pretty good at repinning, my track record is that I often wreck the scales in the process. So I prefer to only pull the pins when I plan on scrapping the scales. In this case the show side scale does have the molded-in crown and sword emblem, so I would like to preserve. Also the show side scale is still in great condition. For sure if I do remove the pins I will attack from the back side scale.
I’m about 90% convinced that I should pull the pins, but thought it wise to reach out for other opinions.
Thanks,
Marty
Seeking some opinions on repairs needed for a recently-acquired ERN 1166.
As purchased the main concern was chips near the toe. Being a bottom feeder, I saw this as an opportunity to get an example of this razor for below the price of a shave-ready version.
The chip issue is pretty much taken care of
Before
After - OK, not entirely done, there are still 2 tiny chips near the toe and just in front of the heel.
Before moving forward with the blade I need to address two other issues:
1) A pretty decent crack in the back slide scale at the pivot pin.
2nd issue is that even though this appears to be all original parts, the blade toe is clearly banging into the wedge. In fact this very well could be the source of all the chips at the toe. The blade does close completely, but only because it jams into a gap between the wedge and scale.
So I want to address both issues. I was not planning to remove the pins on this razor because I think they are original. However
1) I am concerned that trying to glue closed the crack at the pivot pin will likely get glue onto the pin or the tang of the blade
2) I know that if I pull the pin at the wedge I can sand down the wedge in a few minutes. It wouldn’t be impossible to do this without pulling the scales apart, but it will be much more difficult, particularly with the specific tools that I have available.
3) Also the scales are a bit warped, and my thought is that this would be easier to fix if I pull off the scales.
So 3 good reasons to pull the pins.
The downside of pulling the pins is that while I am pretty good at repinning, my track record is that I often wreck the scales in the process. So I prefer to only pull the pins when I plan on scrapping the scales. In this case the show side scale does have the molded-in crown and sword emblem, so I would like to preserve. Also the show side scale is still in great condition. For sure if I do remove the pins I will attack from the back side scale.
I’m about 90% convinced that I should pull the pins, but thought it wise to reach out for other opinions.
Thanks,
Marty