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Ultra low key. In 2020 I shaved every day. In 2021 I cut back to twice a week. In fall of 2022 I got a job that allows beards so grew a beard and shave my neck and cheeks once a week. It’s still nice but also a bit more of a chore than it used to be. Monday I dropped my brush and lost a chunk of the handle so now I’m shopping for a new synthetic brush. My old one was a cheapo but served me well, I am thinking Simpson for the new one.
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
So, I’ve been meaning to try myself at rescaling straight razors. I’ve had a Wade and Butcher hollow ground and an unnumbered Friodur 8/8 with busted scales, a Torrey blade without scales, replacement scales, and pinning sets lying ready for months, and today I used a company-wide R&R day (i.e., Djunior in daycare, wife working) to get my feet wet. Also, it was a great excuse to get a tiny drill press😅
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I got cheap plastic scales for the Torrey as training scales, and pretty Ralf Aust horn scales for the Wade and Butcher and the giant Friodur.
It turns out that the whole process is a little fiddly,
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but overall more straight forward and easy than I anticipated, and I’m overall quite happy with the result,
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just that the cheap plastic scales on the Torrey close off centre.
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Nothing major though, and they were meant as the training scales to mess up anyway😅
And the others turned out great
PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
I’m impressed by all the gifted people here! Good job, and very good illustrated write up!
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
Thanks!
whosgotthepudding@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
That looks great! Awesome job!
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
Thanks buddy!
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
I have not replaced scales, but I have re-pinned a razor. Just removing the pin was fiddly for me and seems that way in the videos I’ve watched. I don’t have a tiny drill press, but I gaffer-taped the razor to a piece of wood with a hole drilled for the pin on the razor’s underside. Then I used a tiny punch on the top-side pin and carefully hand drilled it.
I’m probably way over-thinking this, but if you already have a small drill press, a tiny end mill might be a good way to remove a pin because it can cut horizontally (to remove some of the peened surface) as well as vertically.
whosgotthepudding@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
I’ve always just used flush cutters and a punch to get pins free. So far it hasn’t caused an issue for me.
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
I think replacing scales is much easier. I just cut the pins of with a flush cutter. A tiny one sold for trimming solder leads was enough, the pins are soft. Probably some copper nickel alloy.
I have mill bits just like you describe for this. I’ve used them to mill aluminium before, so I’m thinking they would work well on the pins.
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
Congrats! Next, I see a jewelers polishing station in your future :)
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
Not a full blown polishing station, but i do have floppy wheels, and cotton and rubber cones for that Proxxon drill that you can see in the drill press, and I’ve polished my first Rubberset with it 😅
walden@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
Nice work!
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
Thanks! It was fun 😊