What is the best way to tightening pins on a razor with ivory scales.
Other than the obvious, very carefully.
Thanks all.
Other than the obvious, very carefully.
Thanks all.
Tightening Pins
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carefully is the way to do it.
The pins are often without washers, other then that it is just pins.
And ivory really isn't that brittle.
So if you do the 'ol tapa-tapa with a small ball peen hammer you should be all right. Should.
There is always the odd risk of the pin being bent internally & wrecking havoc at the lightest contact with the hammer & what 100 years has done to the scales integrity & what not.
But with the scales reasonably aligned, you should be fine.
The pins are often without washers, other then that it is just pins.
And ivory really isn't that brittle.
So if you do the 'ol tapa-tapa with a small ball peen hammer you should be all right. Should.
There is always the odd risk of the pin being bent internally & wrecking havoc at the lightest contact with the hammer & what 100 years has done to the scales integrity & what not.
But with the scales reasonably aligned, you should be fine.
Try not to hit the scales is usually the best advice I can give. Very little pressure, just tiny taps with a small ball-peen hammer.
If it doesn't tighten perceptibly after a round of taps, or it tightens but then loosens after a few shaves the pin is likely bent. And a bent pin is only fixed by repinning.
Be careful! Maybe look really carefully for preexisting cracks.
Be careful! Maybe look really carefully for preexisting cracks.
Take video.....
You know... For research/possible comedy...
You know... For research/possible comedy...
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Thanks
Tiny Taps, I did not think I was doing anything at first-then...........................
There is a tiny, hairline crack present, luckily it is near the wedge, not the pivot pin
I bet you look at the accidents hoping to see some gore-
OK we all do that.
So OK, I tapped, tapped, tapped for about 15 minutes, never hit the scales, minuscule pressure.
It is now tight, no damage----phew, I can breathe again.
Thanks all
Happy to hear that!
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Paco is a sick man, I think he wanted to see a grown man cry.
If I busted ivory scales I would cry for sure. Glad it worked out.
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Thank you. I was having trouble breathing with the lump in my throat.
Now that we know it all went well I can share this old Lump I had (and still have thinking about it) breaking a pair of pristine Heljestrand ivory scales
Original post here;
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showth...ow-Myself-Out-A-Window!?p=2772558#post2772558
Original post here;
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showth...ow-Myself-Out-A-Window!?p=2772558#post2772558
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Boy am I ever glad I did not see THAT before I started. I don't think I would ever try to unpin ivory.Now that we know it all went well I can share this old Lump I had (and still have thinking about it) breaking a pair of pristine Heljestrand ivory scales
Original post here;
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showth...ow-Myself-Out-A-Window!?p=2772558#post2772558
I've done it a bunch of times with no problems, but this one was just not very sucessful...
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Understatement of the year
Doc I love the title. I was banned too for talking coticules up.
I put that award right next to my broken set of scalesUnderstatement of the year
Now that we know it all went well I can share this old Lump I had (and still have thinking about it) breaking a pair of pristine Heljestrand ivory scales
Original post here;
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showth...ow-Myself-Out-A-Window!?p=2772558#post2772558
Yay!
