TSD Iced Lemongrass

I received this soap today from a fellow shaver on TSD. He sent it along with this tuck of blades. The soap is Iced Lemongrass. I plan to put it to work on Thursday's shave and finish the week with it.

Shave of the Day - 6/30

Cold Water Rinse

Tabac Shave Soap

Jayaruh #413 Two-band badger

GEM Flying Wing

GEM Stainless

CWR

Tabac ASB

The Tabac Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #413 Two-band Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the GEM Flying Wing with a GEM Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Tabac ASB. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 6/29

Cold Water Rinse

C.O. Bigelow Shave Cream

Jayaruh #413 Two-band badger

Gillette Goodwill

Gillette Silver Blue

CWR

Osage Rub

The C.O. Bigelow Shave Cream face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #413 Two-band Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Gillette Goodwill with a Gillette Silver Blue blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Osage Rub. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 6/28

Cold Water Rinse

Musgo Real Shave Soap

Jayaruh #2 2-band Badger

C.V. Heljestrand

C.V. Heljestrand Wedge

CWR

Cella ASB

The Musgo Real Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #2 2-band Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the C.V. Heljestrand Lather Catcher with a C.V. Heljestrand Wedge blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Cella ASB. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 6/27

Cold Water Rinse

Musgo Real Shave Soap

Jayaruh #2 2-band badger

Joseph Elliot 6/8 Wedge

CWR

Cella ASB

The Musgo Real Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #2 2-band Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Joseph Elliot gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Cella ASB. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

This was a very enjoyable shave with the Josep Elliot. It is a heavy razor, but it is very smooth. No nicks, cuts, or abrasions.

Jayaruh #413 and Razor Stand 9

I set out today to make this brush. I did glue ups on two blanks, this being one. While they set up, I turned my eyes and hands to making another straight razor stand. This one is stand #9.

The Razor Stand

Shave of the Day - 6/26

Cold Water Rinse

Musgo Real Shave Soap

Jayaruh #2 2-band badger

Bunny V3 Injector

Schick Proline

CWR

Cella ASB

The Musgo Real Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #2 2-band Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Bunny V3 Injector with a Schick Proline blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Cella ASB. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 6/25

Cold Water Rinse

Musgo Real Shave Soap

Jayaruh #2 2-band badger

Bunny V3 Injector

Schick Proline

CWR

Cella ASB

The Musgo Real Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #2 2-band Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Bunny V3 Injector with a Schick Proline blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Cella ASB. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Reworked Box 10 for Tuckaway

I reworked the inside of this box so that my Tuckaway fits better. It was bumping on the lid when I tried to close it. Turning the razor in the box gave enough clearance that it does not bump now.

Shave of the Day - 6/24

Cold Water Rinse

Williams Mug Soap

Jayaruh #2 2-band badger

Bunny V3 Injector

Schick Proline

CWR

Cella ASB

The Williams Mug Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #2 2-band Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Bunny V3 Injector with a Schick Proline blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Cella ASB. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Jayaruh #412

Marius of NJ asked if I could make a brush for him and use a supplied knot. He sent a brush that arrived yesterday. I harvested the knot, and this morning I have been working on the handle.

He chose the bocote on the right for his brush.

 I didn't do pictures on the lathe. Oops! Sorry. The handle has four flutes around the handle with 16 at the knot.

I sealed it with a golden maple stain/sealer.

I put the number on the bottom and did the first coat of polycrylic.

Update:  The brush is complete.

Shave of the Day - 6/23

Cold Water Rinse

Tabac Shave Soap

Jayaruh #2 2-band badger

Bunny V3 Injector

Schick Proline

CWR

Tabac ASB

The Tabac Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #2 2-band Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Bunny V3 Injector with a Schick Proline blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Tabac ASB. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

New Stand for Straights

 I created this stand for a single razor from a solid piece of oak. I stained it with dark walnut and finished with some polycrylic finish.

 I saw something similar online and thought about it for a while before doing it. I used a piece of scrap wood that worked out very nicely.

Here is the setup for next Saturday's Straight shave.

Shave of the Day - 6/22

Cold Water Rinse

TSD Iced Lime Shave Soap

Jayaruh #2 2-band badger

Modified Gillette Flat Bottom NEW

Gillette Silver Blue

CWR

Osage Rub

The TSD Iced Lime Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #2 2-band Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Modified Gillette Flat Bottom NEW with a Gillette Silver Blue blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Osage Rub. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 6/21

Cold Water Rinse

Col. Conk Amber

Jayaruh #1

Superior Lather Catcher 

GEM Blue Star SE

CWR

Aqua Velva 5 in 1 ASB

The Col. Conk Amber face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #1 Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Superior Lather Catcher with a GEM Blue Star SE blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Aqua Velva 5 in 1 ASB. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Walking Stick

I ran into a guy at Sam's Club today who had  a nice home made walking stick, and we struck up a conversation. He has made hundreds of them and given them away. He said he had some out in his truck and that I could pick one out. Well, I did. It was a walking stick height, but I cut it down and put a handle on it to make it more of a cane for me. Here are the pictures after I finished. I ended up taking about a foot off the whole length, some from the top and some from the bottom.

I secured the handle to the top with two dowels.