The Four Wild Cherry Brushes

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These are my brush creations made from the wood taken from a wild cherry tree we had removed from our back yard. From left to right:

• Jayaruh #1 Silver Tip Badger
• Jayaruh #2 PurTech Synthetic
• Jayaruh #3 Pure Badger
• Jayaruh #4 High Mountain Badger

Shave of the Day - 3/2

 

Nivea Men's Face Wash

C.O. Bigelow Shave Cream 

Jayaruh #3 Pure Badger

GEM 1912

GEM Super Stainless

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Lemon WH

Pinaud Clubman

The C.O. Bigelow Shave Cream face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #3 Pure Badger Brush. Two passes with my GEM 1912 SE razor and a GEM 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 Lemon WH and then Pinaud Clubman after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 2/27

 

Nivea Men's Face Wash

Mitchell's Wool Fat

Jayaruh  #3 Pure Badger

Schick Krona 

Personna Stainless 

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Lemon WH

Pinaud Clubman Classic Vanilla

This Mitchell's Wool Fat is a replacement puck I got in a recent trade. I had traded my original MWF for this Schick Krona. Now the shave: the MWF Shaving Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #3 Pure Badger Brush. Two passes with my Schick Krona and a Personna 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 Lemon WH and then Pinaud Clubman Classic Vanilla after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 2/24

Nivea Men's Face Wash

Tabac 

Jayaruh  #3 Pure Badger

Schick Krona 

Personna Super Stainless 

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Lemon WH

Pinaud Clubman Classic Vanilla

The Tabac Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #3 Pure Badger Brush. Two passes with my Schick Krona 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 Lemon WH and then Pinaud Clubman Classic Vanilla after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 2/21

 

Nivea Men's Face Wash

Proraso Green Shaving Soap 

Jayaruh #3 Pure Badger

Merkur 37c Heavy Duty Slant (regular hammer)

Personna Stainless 

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Rose Petal WH

Barbasol AS

The Proraso Green Shaving Soap  face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #3 Pure Badger Brush. Two passes with my Merkur 37c Heavy Duty Slant and a Personna 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 Rose Petal WH and then Barfbasol after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 2/18

 

Nivea Men's Face Wash

Van Der Hagen Deluxe Shave Soap

Jayaruh #3 Pure Badger

Merkur 37c Heavy Duty Slant (regular hammer) 

Personna Stainless

CWR, Asma Alum Block 

Thayers Rose Petal WH

Barbasol AS

The Van Der Hagen Deluxe Shave Soap  face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #3 Pure Badger Brush. Two passes with my Merkur 37c Heavy Duty Slant and a Personna 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 Rose Petal WH and then Barfbasol after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 2/17

 

Nivea Men's Face Wash

Col. Conk Lime Shave Soap

Jayaruh #3 Pure Badger

Merkur 37c Heavy Duty Slant 

Personna Stainless 

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Rose Petal WH

Barbasol AS

The Col. Conk Lime Shave Soap  face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #3 Pure Badger Brush. Two passes with my Merkur 37c Heavy Duty Slant and a Personna 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 Rose Petal WH and then Barfbasol after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 2/14

 

Nivea Men's Face Wash

C.O. Bigelow Shave Cream 

Jayaruh #3 Pure Badger

Gillette Fat Handle Tech 

Personna Stainless 

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Lemon WH

FD Old Spice AS

The C.O. Bigelow Shave Cream  face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #3 Pure Badger Brush. Two passes with my Gillette Fat Handle Tech and a Personna 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 Lemon WH and then FD Old Spice after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 2/11

 

Nivea Men's Face Wash

Cella 

Jayaruh #3 Pure Badger

Gillette Fat Handle Tech 

Personna Stainless 

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Lemon WH

FD Old Spice AS

The Cella Shaving Cream face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #3 Pure Badger Brush. Two passes with my Gillette Fat Handle Tech and a Personna 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 Lemon WH and then FD Old Spice after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 2/8

 

Nivea Men's Face Wash

ARKO Stick

Jayaruh #3 Pure Badger (First Shave)

J.M. Schmid & Son Str8

Gillette Fat Handle Tech 

Personna Stainless 

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Lemon WH

FD Old Spice AS

The ARKO Stick face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #3 Pure Badger Brush. This was the first shave with this brush. It did a good job though a little scritchy. I used my J.M. Schmid & Son Str8 on my cheeks and neck, and used my Gillette Fat Handle Tech and a Personna Stainless Blade to finish up a close, comfortable shave in two passes. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Lemon WH and then FD Old Spice after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

I was going to just shave my cheeks with the str8, but I got adventurous and went for the neck and upper lip as well. I decided to forego the chin; just too round. Anyhow, I suffered no nicks or cuts. The FHT did a great job of finishing up.

The Three Wild Cherry Brushes

Here are the three wild cherry brushes, brothers from the same limb. Jayaruh #1 has a silver tip badger knot. Jayaruh #2 has a Pur-tech synthetic knot. The Jayaruh #3 has a pure badger knot. This picture is after I did a test lather with the Jayaruh #3, so it is still a little wet.

Starting to bloom.

Jayaruh #3 and Jayaruh CH2

I received the knots in the mail on Wednesday, dry fit them in the handles, and epoxied them in place. Next step, test lathering.

Jayaruh #3

Jayaruh CH2

Post bloom

Wild Cherry Brush #3

Wild Cherry Brush Handles |  New Knots Arrived |  Glued in the Knots | Test Lathering the Wild Cherry Brushes | O-rings for the Wild Cherry Brushes | Wild Cherry Brush #3 | Jayaruh #4 Handle | New Brush Project #4 Finished | Jayaruh #4 Post Bloom | The Four Wild Cherry Brushes

Today, I started on brush 3 of the wild cherry branch project. Here are the finished brushes, 1 and 2.

Brush 1 and Brush 2

For the new project, I am using the wood from the middle of the original block.

The original brush 2 was about 3/8 of an inch longer. I cut it off to its present length. That left me with two "scrap" pieces. A few days ago, I glued the two pieces back together in their original configuration. Today was a beautiful day, and I decided to get started. I broke out the router table, my orbital sander, and the Dremel, After some shaping, I used the Dremel to drill out the hole in the top. I did some final shading and then prepped the surface with Minwax pre-stain. I stained it with a cherry stain, and now it is completing its dry time. Tomorrow, I will put some polyurethane on it. I need to decide what knot to put in it now.

Brush handle #3

Brush 1, Brush handle 3, Brush 2
Jayaruh #1, Jayaruh #3, Jayaruh #2

Satin poly applied.

January 17, 2015

I ordered two pure badger knots. They are due for delivery from China from January 27 to February 10. Twelve dollars for both with free shipping. My last order from China took 4 weeks. 

The 20x60 is destined for the new wild cherry handle. The 18x50 will be put in a Cholula cap.

January 20, 2015
I made a couple of decorative cuts on the handle, did a light sand, and applied another coat of polyurethane.

January 28, 2015

The knots arrived today, and I got the Dremel out and adjusted the width and depth of the opening for brush#3. I also adjusted the opening for the Cholula lid. Here is a picture of the dry fitting.

Jayaruh WC3 is 20mm x 53mm.
Jayaruh CH2 is 18mm x 50mm.

From now on I am going to designate this wild cherry brush as Jayaruh #3. The Cholula brush will be Jayaruh CH2.

Jayaruh #1, #2, and #3

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