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Steampunk shaving set
Hi there ! I really like your website. I apologize for my bad english, not my first language.
About a year ago, I was ordered a special shaving set. A friend from the french shaving forum wanted a steampunk-inspired straight razor, with the assorted badger brush and holder.
He helped me with drawings, but let me total freedom in the creation process.
I started to gather various junk pieces and the idea slowly came to life.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/P1010061.jpg
Some of the manual watches gears I used.
First off, the badger brush. I put some random gears in order and poured inclusion resin over it. 24 hours later, tadaa...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/P1010078.jpg
I then sanded it and placed it in a tube. Unfortunatly, it was aluminium :( Didn't manage to get a brass or copper tube.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/P1010082.jpg
Next step, with the help of a brass light bulb holder. The whole piece is then soaked in boiling bleach to give it an ancient look.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/P1010086.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/P1010089.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/P1010090.jpg
The badger brush is finished.
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Next step was the razor itself. My customer provided me with the blade, I only had to craft the handle.
I used a computer motherboard as a base, added gears and stuff and poured resin.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/P1010197.jpg
I then cut the resin, sand a lot (manually), and voilą !
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/P1010235.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/P1010243.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/P1010239.jpg
A handful of month later I finally managed to craft the holder. I used a piece of wood, two copper tubes, a brass tube, some gears and a brass plaque.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/_MG_1262.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/_MG_1264.jpg
Hope you like it, my customer does, and I really enjoyed crafting it.
Thibault.
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Wow, just Wow! Amazing creativity and craftsmanship!
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Very cool and well thought out. Thank you for sharing.
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That's not a shaving set, that's a piece of art :)
Really cool idea, and great work!
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I'm speechless. That's very cool stuff!
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:dropjaw::rock:I love it, great work!!
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That is really cool... I wonder if I can turn one of my mechanical watches in to the end of a brush handle and have it still working...
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Wow thats really great! I'd sure like to try something like this :)