Shave of the Day - 1/16

Cold Water Rinse

De Vergulde Hand Shaving Soap

Jayaruh #20 Silvertip Badger

J.A. Henckels Rapide

Henckels Wedge

CWR

Pinaud Citrus Musk Cologne

The De Vergulde Hand Shaving Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh #20 Silvertip Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the J.A. Henckels Rapide Catcher Razor with a Henckels Wedge Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Pinaud Citrus Musk Cologne. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 1/15

Cold Water Rinse

De Vergulde Hand Shaving Soap

Jayaruh #20 Silvertip Badger

Merkur Progress

Wilkinson Sword SS

CWR

Pinaud Citrus Musk Cologne

The De Vergulde Hand Shaving Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh #20 Silvertip Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Merkur Progress Razor with a Wilkinson Sword SS Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Pinaud Citrus Musk Cologne. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 1/14

Cold Water Rinse

De Vergulde Hand Shaving Soap

Jayaruh #20 Silvertip Badger

Merkur Progress

Wilkinson Sword SS

CWR

Pinaud Citrus Musk Cologne

The De Vergulde Hand Shaving Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh #20 Silvertip Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Merkur Progress Razor with a Wilkinson Sword SS Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Pinaud Citrus Musk Cologne. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 1/13

Cold Water Rinse

De Vergulde Hand Shaving Soap

Jayaruh #20 Silvertip Badger

Merkur Progress

Wilkinson Sword SS

CWR

Pinaud Citrus Musk Cologne

The De Vergulde Hand Shaving Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh #20 Silvertip Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Merkur Progress Razor with a Wilkinson Sword SS Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Pinaud Citrus Musk Cologne. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 1/12

Cold Water Rinse

Williams Mug Soap

Jayaruh #20 Silvertip Badger

Merkur Progress

Wilkinson Sword SS

CWR

Pinaud Citrus Musk Cologne

The Williams Mug Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh #20 Silvertip Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Merkur Progress Razor with a Wilkinson Sword SS Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Pinaud Citrus Musk Cologne. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 1/11

Cold Water Rinse

Tabac Shave Soap

Jayaruh #20 Silvertip Badger

Merkur Progress

Wilkinson Sword SS

CWR

Tabac AS

The Tabac Shave Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh #20 Silvertip Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Merkur Progress Razor with a Wilkinson Sword SS Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Tabac AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Shave of the Day - 1/10

Cold Water Rinse

Eskimo Tuxedo Shave Soap

Jayaruh #20 Silvertip Badger

Merkur Progress

Wilkinson Sword SS

CWR

Osage Rub

The Eskimo Tuxedo Shave Soap lathered well with the Jayaruh #20 Silvertip Badger Brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Merkur Progress Razor with a Wilkinson Sword SS Blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Osage Rub. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Jayaruh #20 Completed

I started this handle back in August when a member on TSD expressed an interest in a barrel handle. However, he never got back to me. I completed the handle, and it sat around through September and into October. I made it so it would take a bigger knot, 24 mm. I got this knot in a trade with Don from South Florida, a friend on TSD. I am happy that it is now complete.

Dry fitting of Whipped Dog 24 mm Silvertip Badger

First test lather with Tabac.

Post bloom with Gillette Super Adjustable (Black Beauty)

Set the Knot in Jayaruh #20

I received the 24 mm silvertip knot from Don in South Florida. I tried it out in a couple of handles I had finished and decided on the #20. The first picture is the dry fitting. I sealed the handle with a coat of polyurethane before I set the knot using silicone sealant.

Dry fitting

Knot set with silicone.

Jayaruh #19 * Jayaruh #21

Knots Arrive

Two packages arrived today from Whipped Dog. One was two knots from Martin in Denmark and the other had one knot from Don in South Florida. I will be putting one of Martin's knots in the Jayruh #26 handle.

Then I had a 24 mm silvertip knot that I believe will end up in my Jayaruh #20 barrel handle.