Matt
Well-Known Member
Sooo...
After a lot of reading, looking at razors Ray had sent me (more to see soon) and even more gathering my strength and courage to "break" a more or less working razor - I finally did it! Incidentally, this was also my first successful unpinning, two times I was stupid and stubborn enough to use Dremel to speed things up, which only resulted in damaging the scales.
(As a side note, many people discourage from using this tool for polishing or sanding blades - I say, if you're mindful and careful enough, control heat - it works fine. You can ruin a blade using a stationary buffer as well. End of rant.)
This is a Gebrüder Wolfertz I got off our auction site, as usually for a ridiculous price. It came unbelievably filthy inside the scales, so I knew I had to unpin it to clean it thoroughly to get a comfortable shave and peace of mind. Also, it had rust exactly around the pivot area, which is hard to get without unpinning.
Although I have been kindly given (still by our Ray) some pins and washers I wanted to do it entirely by means available locally, which means slightly wider brass rod that I chose - 1,8 mm and hand made washers from 2mm/3mm brass tube I purchased around. I got 1m of it, so I estimate to last it for something like 300 razors, or so.
: If there's anyone in need of such a tube to make his own washers, drop me a line. They look a little crude when magnified, but well enough when looking at a razor. I just sliced them with a Dremel and tapped with a flat part of a peening hammer.
Peening of this thickish rod was a tad difficult, at first I feared that I would not make it, but in the end I got it nice and tight
- beginner's luck. :
Without further ado...
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...and now for something completely different...
...meet
...Boris the Cat!!
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best regards,
Matt
After a lot of reading, looking at razors Ray had sent me (more to see soon) and even more gathering my strength and courage to "break" a more or less working razor - I finally did it! Incidentally, this was also my first successful unpinning, two times I was stupid and stubborn enough to use Dremel to speed things up, which only resulted in damaging the scales.
(As a side note, many people discourage from using this tool for polishing or sanding blades - I say, if you're mindful and careful enough, control heat - it works fine. You can ruin a blade using a stationary buffer as well. End of rant.)
This is a Gebrüder Wolfertz I got off our auction site, as usually for a ridiculous price. It came unbelievably filthy inside the scales, so I knew I had to unpin it to clean it thoroughly to get a comfortable shave and peace of mind. Also, it had rust exactly around the pivot area, which is hard to get without unpinning.
Although I have been kindly given (still by our Ray) some pins and washers I wanted to do it entirely by means available locally, which means slightly wider brass rod that I chose - 1,8 mm and hand made washers from 2mm/3mm brass tube I purchased around. I got 1m of it, so I estimate to last it for something like 300 razors, or so.
: If there's anyone in need of such a tube to make his own washers, drop me a line. They look a little crude when magnified, but well enough when looking at a razor. I just sliced them with a Dremel and tapped with a flat part of a peening hammer.Peening of this thickish rod was a tad difficult, at first I feared that I would not make it, but in the end I got it nice and tight
- beginner's luck. : Without further ado...
[c]
[/c]
...and now for something completely different...
...meet
...Boris the Cat!!
[c]
best regards,
Matt
