The Bunny is in the House

The flag is up. That is a good sign.

Woohoo! It is here.

I couldn't wait to get home. I stopped at a friend's house. You can see his reflection in the top of the lid. The Bunny in a tin and two Schick Injector Twins.

Getting closer...

There it is. Isn't it a beauty. The Bunny, three combs, stand, and some Chicks.

This is me with my new Bunny.

The Bunny with my Jaryaruh #70.

The Shave Den Lanolin Shaving Soap will be my next soap
when I finish off the TOBS Lavender. 

I am looking forward to using the Bunny with this setup.

Shave of the Day - 5/31

Dove Men Face Wash

TOBS Lavender

Jayaruh #30RS Silver Tip

Schick Krona

Personna Blue Super Stainless

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Rose Petal WH

Speick After Shave

The Taylor of Old Bond Street Lavender Shaving Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #30RS silvertip badger brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Schick Krona razor with a Personna Blue Super Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse and alum block, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then Speick After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Jayaruh #77 Begins

For the Jayaruh #77, I cut two pieces of wood one inch long and glued them together: one piece of oak and one piece of purpleheart wood. I sawed off the extra purpleheart wood and then cut off the corners making a hexagonnal piece. Then, I rounded off the corners and began to shape the piece. I made a one inch hole for the knot 15mm deep.  I branded the bottom with a JR 77. After much hand sanding, I finished the handle with a polyurethane finish. Now, it is drying.

First coat of polyurethane is dry to touch, so I took a few glamour shots.

Shave of the Day - 5/30

Dove Men Face Wash

TOBS Lavender

Jayaruh #30RS Silver Tip

Schick Krona

Personna Blue Super Stainless

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Rose Petal WH

Speick After Shave

The Taylor of Old Bond Street Lavender Shaving Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #30RS silvertip badger brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Schick Krona razor with a Personna Blue Super Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse and alum block, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then Speick After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 5/29

Dove Men Face Wash

TOBS Lavender

Jayaruh #30RS Silver Tip

Schick Krona

Personna Blue Super Stainless

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Rose Petal WH

Speick After Shave

The Taylor of Old Bond Street Lavender Shaving Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #30RS silvertip badger brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Schick Krona razor with a Personna Blue Super Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse and alum block, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then Speick After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Jayaruh #70 Test Lather

The first test lather was with Van Der Hagen Delux Shaving Soap. I wet the brush and loaded it for 30 seconds. This is the lather I was able to generate.

Next, I used some Taylors of Old Bond Street Grapefruit Shaving Cream. I did ten swirls and began to make the lather. It lathers much better than the VDH.

Nice bloom.

Shave of the Day - 5/28

Dove Men Face Wash

TOBS Lavender

Jayaruh #30RS Silver Tip

Schick Krona

Personna Blue Super Stainless

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Rose Petal WH

Speick After Shave

The Taylor of Old Bond Street Lavender Shaving Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #30RS silvertip badger brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Schick Krona razor with a Personna Blue Super Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse and alum block, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then Speick After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 5/27

Dove Men Face Wash

TOBS Lavender

Jayaruh #30RS Silver Tip

Schick Krona

Personna Blue Super Stainless

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Rose Petal WH

Speick After Shave

The Taylor of Old Bond Street Lavender Shaving Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #30RS silvertip badger brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Schick Krona razor with a Personna Blue Super Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse and alum block, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then Speick After Shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 5/26

Dove Men Face Wash

TOBS Lavender

Jayaruh #18

Eversharp-Schick G1
Schick SS

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Rose Petal WH

Pinaud Clubman

The Taylor of Old Bond Street Lavender Shaving Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #18 silvertip badger brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Eversharp-Schick G1 razor with a Schick Injector blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse and alum block, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then Pinaud Clubman. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Jayaruh #74 and #75 Complete

I am making these two brother brushes for Tom White at The Shaving Den. They are patterned after the #56 (I still have) and #57 (Tom has), also brother brushes. One will have a black badger knot and the other a boar knot. Here is the first day's progress.

I started with two three inch lengths of pine that I had made into octagonal shapes.

Next, I marked off circles on the top and bottom of each piece.

I rounded off each piece into cylindrical shapes. 

Using the #56 as the pattern, I am ready to begin shaping each piece.

Here I mark off key points on each brush.

After some shaping, the handles begin to take on the desired appearance.

Here are the results of creating the 25mm holes and much hand sanding. They will undergo additional hand sanding before I apply the sealer/stain.

I got a coat of red oak sealer/stain on the handles.

Update: May 27, 2016

The knots came in today, so I was able to do a dry fitting. Will be setting the knots tomorrow with silicone.

Jayaruh #74 boar
Jayaruh #75 black badger

Update: May 28, 2016

They are finished. I have set the knots with silicone. Here they are all done and getting ready to go to their new home in California.

Jayaruh #73 * Jayaruh #76