Developing shave den

I'm slowly but steadily creating a shave den

 

Looks good. Nice and clean!

 

The towel warmer takes up some space so I'm working on another place for it but not too far away.

 

I like the towel warmer. That's what sets your den above others.

 

Nice shave den. I like the your solution to secure the strop. Is is a metal expander in dry wall or just a screw in concrete?

 

It's a wood eye bolt with a threaded in, I just found the stud and started the hole with a nail and then screwed it in with a screwdriver through the hole. It is just big enough to fit the snaps on the strops and that height is very comfortable for me I am very new to straight shaving

 

I agree with what other have stated: clean, awesome towel warmer, organized...

the carabiner attaches to what looks to be an eye screw into a stud....close to the door frame. Quite secure.

***whoops! OP answered it already!

 

Smart! Instead of a door knob. You need it to stay in place =)

 

Well you have to explain to the wife why you need to make a hole in the wall to shave lol

 

Hahahaha well.. That could be difficult

 

Very nice den love the towel warmer.

 

Very nice shave den. I do like that bowl. I think I said that somewhere already.

 

The bowl is a funny story, I went with my wife to Mexico city to see the bull fights for my birthday (my wife is from Mexico city) and we were having lunch in a resturant overlooking the main plaza in the city and they had those bowls using them as salsa bowls with little spoons, they were handmade by an artist in Puebla Mexico who is famous so after 10 minutes of wheeling and dealing my wife talked then into selling me one. It works great it has paint bumps all down the inside.

 

Very nice setup. I'm most interested in where you got those brush knots? I know you turned your own handles (very nice), but I like those knots. please share your source...

 

Boawen Chen is the vendor at aliexpress.com.

They are 30 mm silver tip badger. I took a chance ordering from China since all the brush knots come from there now and I was impressed. I'm no expert but I liked them so much I sold one brush and kept the other four I made with those knots. I did not turn the handles I'm just now learning to use a lathe I carved and sanded those handles into shape with a dremmel and a hand rotary sander. The knots are about $15 to $20 lush shipping, they are sold out often. I get the 30 mm by 83 mm I recently learned setting the knot deeper with those big knots makes fir an awesome brush

 

Here is an example of the Bowen silvertip badger hair on a handmade brush and a comparison of the size of these brushes compared to a 24 mm vie long horse brush and a 24 mm Rooney super badger

 

Any chance of a link to the vendor, they look very nice. Thanks

 

www.aliexpress.com. Then search that vendor

 

Very nice looking, classy den you've got there. The towel warmer and wooden brush turntable are definitely unique and upper tier..

 

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/813843

is this the store?