Since no one has said otherwise I'll keep posting these here.

I chose to hit the lathe instead of studying again. One in acrylic, one in polyester and one in sapele. The sapele brush needs a special finish and I'll post another set of pics then ship it to Florida. The acrylic is for me (until someone takes it). The polyester is about 16mm in an extra small handle for the wife; if she has a small razor she will also need a small brush.

As you can see I setup a makeshift light box (thanks Brian) and attempted to play with it. I really like the lightbox and hope to get the hang of it eventually. Please feel free to give me advise on this as well. I made it out of translucent white acrylic, a canvas and two of my shirts. I think that I will assemble it tomorrow instead of making the wife hold it while I click. Oh, these are still mobile phone shots and the lights are "borrowed" from a few of the snakes.