Shave of the Day - 5/7

 

Dove Men Face Wash

TOBS Lavender

Jayaruh #46

Baili  BD179 TTO

Vintage Personna Precision

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Rose Petal WH

Vegetal

The Taylor of Old Bond Street Lavender Shaving Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #46 synthetic brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Baili BD179 TTO razor with a Vintage Personna Precision blade gave me a close, although tuggy shave. I will be changing to a modern blade tomorrow. After a cold water rinse and alum block, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then Pinaud Lilac Vegetal. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Single Ring Clean Up

Today, I soaked the razor and the blade banks in a solution of Dawn and hot water. I rinsed with clean water and dried. Here are pictures after the clean up.

Shave of the Day - 5/6

 

Dove Men Face Wash

TOBS Lavender

Jayaruh #46

Baili  BD179 TTO

Vintage Personna Precision

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Rose Petal WH

Vegetal

The Taylor of Old Bond Street Lavender Shaving Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #46 synthetic brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Baili  BD179 TTO razor with a Vintage Personna Precision blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. The blade was a bit tuggy, but it is about 60 years old. I ended up belly stropping it after the first pass. That seemed to help a bit. After a cold water rinse and alum block, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then Pinaud Lilac Vegetal. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Single Ring Arrives

My Gillette Single Ring arrived today. By the serial number it was manufactured in 1911. It has the metal case and two blade holders. There are also two vintage blades. I measured the blades and they are 0.0065" thick. Modern DE blades are about 0.0035" thick.

Shave of the Day - 5/5

Dove Men Face Wash

TOBS Lavender

Jayaruh #1

Gillette Fatboy

Sputnik

CWR, Asma Alum Block

Thayers Rose Petal WH

Lilac Vegetal

The Taylor of Old Bond Street Lavender Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #1 silver tip badger brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Gillette Fatboy razor with a Sputnik 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 Lilac Vegetal. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

Personna ZiPak Reloaded

I got three Personna ZiPak dispensers from an auction on eBay. I read on a forum where you can easily disassemble one and refill it with new blades. So, I decided to do that. One dispenser had only two blades in it, so I removed those and put them in the dispenser with fewer blades.

This is the dispenser with just two blades in it.

Here I have taken it down to the point where the blades are accessible. 

Next, I removed the two blades along with the pusher.

 The dispenser is made up of four parts. From top to bottom: the bottom piece, the spring/used blade holder, the pusher, and the clear red plastic top.

Here I have an assortment of blades ready to go back in the dispenser.

First, I put the pusher back into the top piece.

Step two, I loaded the blades into the top.

Step C: the spring goes on top of the blades.

Lastly, the back/bottom is attached.

Here is the newly reloaded ZiPak dispenser. I have four Wilkies, two Personnas, and a Gillette Rubie ready for use.

Tim's New Brush

My son, Tim, contacted me and asked if I would make him a brush for his stateroom on the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier. We discussed what he wanted and decided on an Olivewood handle with a silvertip knot.

This post will chronicle its build.

May 4, 2016

Ordered parts:

24mm silvertip ordered from The Golden Nib

Bethlehem Olivewood handle ordered from Jerusalem
Estimated delivery: May 19 - June 2

 May 7, 2016

The knot arrives in record time. High quality knot, no smell, very nice shape... I had planned to defunk the knot, but since there is no funky smell, I will forgo that procedure.

May 19, 2016

The handle arrived yesterday. I used the Dremel to fit the knot. I polyurethaned the handle, and today I set the knot.

Knot dry fitted.

After the knot has been set with silicone and the handle polyurethaned.