Granddad's After Shave

I call this aftershave Granddad's. It is a blend suggested by dave on TOST. 

It is 50% Clubman, 45% Aqua Velva Musk, 5% Lilac Vegetal. It is a nice old man blend. So, it works well with me.

Shave of the Day - 4/30

Proraso Pre Shave

TSD Cool Lime

Jayaruh #274 Boar

Schick F

Schick Proline B20

CWR

Thayer's Lemon WH

Granddad's AS

I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The TSD Cool Lime Shaving Soap face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #274 boar brush. I did two passes with the Schick F with a Schick Proline B20 blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then Granddad's AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 4/29

Proraso Pre Shave

Van Der Hagen Luxury

Jayaruh #284

Gem 1911 Lather Catcher

Original Gem Cutlery SE

CWR

Thayer's Lemon WH

Aqua Velva Musk

I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The Van Der Hagen Luxury Shaving Soap face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #284 synthetic brush. I did two passes with the Gem 1911 Lather Catcher Razor with an Original Gem Cutlery SE blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 4/28

Proraso Pre Shave

Van Der Hagen Luxury

Jayaruh #284

H. Böker 5/8

CWR

Thayer's Lemon WH

Aqua Velva Musk

I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The Van Der Hagen Luxury Shaving Soap face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #284 synthetic brush. I did two passes with the H. Böker 5/8 Straight Razor and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

First Lathering for Jayaruh #274

I like to do a bowl lathering for my natural hair brushes. Today, in preparation for next week, I lathered the Jayaruh #274 boar brush. As is my custom, I used Soap Commander Renewal for the purpose. Here are some pictures.

It is ready for its first shave now.

May PIF

I will be doing a PIF in May in conjunction with Andrew of Andrew's Shave Shop on Etsy. He contacted me and said that he had a couple of Schick E3s coming that had bum handles. He wondered if I would be interested in making wooden handles for them and piffing them and that he would spot the shipping. I said, "Yes, Iwould love to do that." So they are on the way, and today, I got outside on this beautiful North Cackalacky day and worked on the handles. I had two St. Louis Slugger stubs left that I thought would work just right for the handles. So, that was the last of the SLS stubs. Here are the handles so far. I will post more when I get the razors.

April 30

The razors arrived today.

Two Schick Gs and an empty blade key.

I cleaned up the heads and fitted them to the handles. I stained one with a pecan stain and one with a dark walnut stain.

 I finished the handles with several coats of lacquer.

I glued the heads into the handles with super glue.

Shave of the Day - 4/27

Proraso Pre Shave

Van Der Hagen Luxury

Jayaruh #284

Gillette 195 Fatboy

Astra SP

CWR

Thayer's Lemon WH

Aqua Velva Musk

I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The Van Der Hagen Luxury Shaving Soap face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #284 synthetic brush. I did two passes with the Gillette 195 Fatboy Razor with an Astra SP blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 4/26

Proraso Pre Shave

Van Der Hagen Luxury

Jayaruh #284

Pal Injecto-Matic

Personna

CWR

Thayer's Lemon WH

Aqua Velva Musk

I started off with Proraso Pre Shave. The Van Der Hagen Luxury Shaving Soap face-lathered well with the Jayaruh #284 synthetic brush. I did two passes with the Pal Injectomatic Razor with a Personna blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayer's Lemon WH and then Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Case for Supply Provision 2.0

I was asked to make a case for a Supply Provision Injector Razor. Here is what I have so far.

I put the hardware on the case.

I used my Supply Provision razor for these shots. It stores the razor with three heads.

Update: Stained with pecan stain/sealer.

With red felt liner.

Two Classic Lather Catcher Handles

I was asked to make another lather catcher handle, so I figured while I was at it, I would make two.