Thanks. I asked if he could make me one, out of Birdseye and Ebony, and @Jayaruh was nice enough to special order the wood.
SOTD March 5th Schick Repeating Razor Type B2 Prototype Personna Injector (5) JR #134 Jeeves of Hudson Street 'Bay Rum'
Beautiful brush and razor! I've been looking for one of those Schicks... Maybe someday. One can dream. Josh Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Tapatalk
Thanks! The production models aren't too hard to find and prices have been trending downward on the bay lately.
Newest member of the Jayaruh Owners Club (JROC) is @Screwtape for adopting JR #267. Birdseye maple with Omega 49 boar knot. It is heading to Canadia tomorrow.
It is a very hard wood, but I get gorgeous results. I had a piece left over and made one more brush. I foresee working with it again in the future.
Look at the woods from this site. Very interesting woods. http://www.bellforestproducts.com/exotic-wood/
I rebounded back from an "average" shave yesterday, with a great one today. I believe my Jayaruh #59 was a key factor.
Jayaruh #267 arrived in the mail this afternoon (well, yesterday afternoon now, I guess). Gorgeous handle and I really like the Omega boar knot too. This is what it looks like after my first test lather using it. The other brush, btw, was a Semogue Owners Club cherrywood boar brush that I recently had reset with a Tuxedo synthetic knot, because the original boar knot was wimpy and also a shedder.
I received #269 today and it's fantastic! Classic barbershop style compliments my lather catcher with a JR handle. The design is better than I imagined when I asked Jim to make it. I really like the knot, soft but enough backbone to lather well. You nailed this one Jim!
WOW ! Perfect combo! I also got a brush and Jayaruh lather catcher that match, but the walnut stain is great here. I am inspired, using my comBo tonight with a GEM JR BAR
Stuffed a stick of Palmolive into a small tub since I don't face lather. The JR #130 fit just right to load the Maggard Sunrise synthetic knot. Loving the shape of a classic barber's brush that Jim crafted from a piece of cypress into the style of an Omega Pro #10098 shape.