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Hello Gents, I will try to attempt to unpin then repin a straight razor, is there a step by step guide?
thanks alot
thanks alot
Thanks a lot Jamiepugh-the-special-one said:here's where you can buy the washers, two different sizes
FWB0 100 #0 .064 1/8 .017 $ 4.20
FWBW0 100 #0 wide .064 3/16 .017 $ 4.90
http://www.microfasteners.com/catalog/products/WASFWB.cfm
If you put in a general search on Ebay for 1/16 brass bar something will come up.
Jamie
jodypress said:You can't go wrong with Jamie's advice, he's a true gent and his restores are superb. I ordered my pins/washers from a restorer on Ebay in the US. I'll see if I can dig up the link.
pugh-the-special-one said:Hi Cem,
I can tell you the method I use, firstly I will spray the pin including the pivot with WD40, then move the blade back and forth just to loosen any grime and build this seems to help, then I tightly wrap one layer of masking tape around the both sides of the pin with the blade closed, this will help protect the scales, now with a very small file I slowly file off the pinhead until I'm usually filing off the surface of the washer, what usually happens next is the washer usually comes away leaving a clean looking pin, now I place the razor including the scales onto a small piece of soft wood with a little hole slightly larger than the pin including the washer, once again I give the filed away pin a little spray with WD40, now take a very small punch and a small peening hammer and lightly tap the pin 9 times out of 10 this will work, but I did say 9 times out of 10 remember those words, and good luck. PS don't forget to expose the opposite side of the pin before you tap the pin out, as the masking tape will stop it from coming out.
Jamie