JR#28 Joins the Air Force

I am modifying the bottom of the #28 brush to take an Air Force medal for a guy on TSD. The medal came in today, and I have set it with epoxy. Here it is. It will go out tomorrow to its new home.

  

Shave of the Day - 12/20

 

Dove Men Face Wash

Semogue Lavender Shave Soap

Jayaruh #28 two-band finest badger

Edwin Jagger 86 Faux Ebony

Personna SS

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Cucumber WH

Pinaud Clubman

The Semogue Lavender Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #28 two-band finest badger brush. Two passes with my Edwin Jagger 86 Razor and a Personna Super Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Cucumber WH and then Pinaud Clubman after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 12/18

 

Dove Men Face Wash

Semogue Lavender Shave Soap

Jayaruh #28 two-band finest badger

Edwin Jagger 86 Faux Ebony

Personna SS

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Cucumber WH

Pinaud Clubman

The Semogue Lavender Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #28 two-band finest badger brush. Two passes with my Edwin Jagger 86 Razor and a Personna Super Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Cucumber WH and then Pinaud Clubman after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 12/16

 

Dove Men Face Wash

Semogue Lavender Shave Soap  (First Shave)

Jayaruh #28 two-band finest badger

Edwin Jagger 86 Faux Ebony (First Shave)

Personna SS

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Cucumber WH

Pinaud Clubman

The Semogue Lavender Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #28 two-band finest badger brush. Two passes with my Edwin Jagger 86 Razor and a Personna Super Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Cucumber WH and then Pinaud Clubman after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 12/14

 

Dove Men Face Wash

3P Shave Soap

Jayaruh #28 two-band finest badger

Scotch & Stowe

Personna SS

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Cucumber WH

Pinaud Clubman

The 3P Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #28 two-band finest badger brush. Two passes with my Scotch & Stowe Razor and a Personna Super Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Cucumber WH and then Pinaud Clubman after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 12/12

 

Dove Men Face Wash

3P Shave Soap

Jayaruh #28 two-band finest badger

Scotch & Stowe

Personna SS

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Cucumber WH

Pinaud Clubman

The 3P Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #28 two-band finest badger brush. Two passes with my Scotch & Stowe Razor and a Personna Super Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Cucumber WH and then Pinaud Clubman after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 12/10

Dove Men Face Wash

Jabonman Pepperilla Shave Soap

Jayaruh #28 two-band finest badger

Pal Adjustable

Personna SS

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Cucumber WH

Pinaud Clubman

The Jabonman Pepperilla Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #28 two-band finest badger brush. Two passes with my Pal Adjustable Razor and an Personna SS blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Cucumber WH and then Pinaud Clubman after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 12/9

Dove Men Face Wash

Jabonman Pepperilla Shave Soap

Jayaruh #28 two-band finest badger

Pal Adjustable

Personna SS

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Cucumber WH

Pinaud Clubman

The Jabonman Pepperilla Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #28 two-band finest badger brush. Two passes with my Pal Adjustable Razor and an Personna SS blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Cucumber WH and then Pinaud Clubman after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 12/8

Dove Men Face Wash

Jabonman Pepperilla Shave Soap

Jayaruh #28 two-band finest badger

Pal Adjustable

Personna SS

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Cucumber WH

Pinaud Clubman

The Jabonman Pepperilla Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #28 two-band finest badger brush. Two passes with my Pal Adjustable Razor and an Personna SS blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Cucumber WH and then Pinaud Clubman after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 12/7

Dove Men Face Wash

Jabonman Pepperilla Shave Soap

Jayaruh #28 two-band finest badger

Pal Adjustable

Personna SS

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Cucumber WH

Pinaud Clubman

The Jabonman Pepperilla Shave Soap face-lathered very well with my Jayaruh #28 two-band finest badger brush. Two passes with my Pal Adjustable Razor and a Personna Super Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. I was a little cautious about using the Pal after reading about it. I expected blood. However, I opened it wide open today, and no blood. That is a good thing. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Cucumber WH and then Pinaud Clubman after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 12/6

Dove Men Face Wash
Jabonman Pepperilla Shave Soap (gift from Redrock )
Jayaruh #28 two-band finest badger (First Shave)
Pal Adjustable/Schick C (First Shave)
Personna Super Stainless
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Cucumber WH
Pinaud Clubman

The Jabonman Pepperilla Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #28 two-band finest badger brush. This is the two-band from my old Frank Shaving brush. It will still be a favorite. The JPSS was a gift from Redrock . It is a very nice soap. The first pass I used my new Schick C. I was very respectful of it because I have never used one like it. It did a fine job. Then I finished off with my new to me Pal Adjustable Razor and a Personna Super Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Cucumber WH and then Pinaud Clubman after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

DeFitch DF91 Three Piece Razor

This is the DeFitch DF91 three piece razor. It is version 2 of the DeFitch razor. The vendor had a limited offer of $5 for the razor to the first 50 to write for a special code. I jumped on it along with 15 others on The Shave Den. I signed up for the Amazon Prime 30 day free trial and got free shipping, too. The razor arrived on the 24th, and I took the following pictures. It is very nicely made. The fit and finish are flawless. The handle is solid brass with chrome plate. The head is a Zamak alloy. I used my new Jayaruh #28 for eye candy in the pictures. It has a Frank Shaving finest fan badger knot.

I will begin using the DeFitch DF91 on December 1 and use it for five days. Here will be my first shave. I will use this setup for the five shaves. I have other new razors I want to try out during December.

Dove Men Face Wash

Mitchell's Wool Fat Shaving Soap 

Jayaruh #30RS Silver Tip

DeFitch Three Piece Razor

Personna SS

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Lemon WH

Pinaud Clubman AS

Jayaruh #28 Completed

Thanks to a post by JR Reyes on The Shave Den, I have finished up the Jayaruh #28 brush. The #28 is made from bird's eye maple and stained with dark walnut with burnished gold on top. It has been sitting around since September with no knot for it. I ordered a 24mm finest from Virginia Sheng, but it is still about a week out. JR suggested that I use the knot from my old Frank Shaving finest fan brush. I got to thinking about it and decided to see if the knot would come out without much of a fuss. Well, it did. So here are the pictures.

Here is the knot after I took it out of the donor handle. It came out with a little gentle force. 

I decided to shim it up just a bit with this dime. I used silicone to set the knot.

Here I pulled the knot out to see how the coverage would be.

 

Here it is with the knot set. I love this knot. It is soft and has good backbone. I face lather with it.

I will be using this brush next month after NoVember is over.

Thanks again, @JR Reyes , for the gentle kick to get me to finish this brush.

Here is the history of the Jayaruh #28. In the first row of pictures you can see that I started with two sticks of 3/4 inch square pieces that I glued together. Then I cut that piece in half and glued the halves together to make a square piece which I rounded. From there I shaped it using the #15 as a loose guide. Then I put the hole in it, finished it, and finally added the knot today. It is nice to have it finished.

Jayaruh #27 * Jayaruh #29

Jayaruh #28

Just waiting on the knot for this one.