I tried posting this before, but it was too high resolution I guess. I fiddled around and I think this should work------hopefully, the image is still clear. These are the 2 straights I've owned and the Walnut case I built for it. Brown felt lining. I've sold both, but then bought ANOTHER Dovo of the same model! I guess it's time to make another box.......:S Mark
I could never get it to take as good of an edge as my Dovo, so I sold it. It was cool-looking though!
My only straight is the dovo astrale..... I have only attempted 3 straight razor shaves.... And let's say I'm not that good at them yet lol
I think my whiskers are basically little steel filaments, so although I gave straight razors a good shot, I just prefer good old DE's (my Merkur HD) much better. Once in a while, I'll still pull out the Dovo, but I sold my Hess '44'.
I was thinking, "those razors look pretty nice, but that box is what really makes it" then I read lower that you are the one that made it! Buddy, you should market those! I don't know how much your cost is, but if the price is affordable, I would expect they would sell themselves.
Thanks----yeah, I've thought a lot of my projects would 'sell themselves' too once I got to a certain level of proficiency, but like a lot of nice things, it takes more time and work than you'd think, and trying to make it 'worth it' would require a price that's probably higher than most people are interested in paying. Also, with the variations in size and razor shapes, I'd probably have to request a traced outline of each razor for each case I made like this----it's called a 'French-fitted' case when you have cut-outs that match an item's profile. Of course, I could make a big empty box that would 'fit all', but there's nothing custom about that and the razor would kind of swim in it.
I hear you there. If I find myself in possession of a razor worthy of a box like that, I may come knocking down the road.
