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    Default 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.


    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...


    I then sanded it and placed it in a tube. Unfortunatly, it was aluminium Didn't manage to get a brass or copper tube.


    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.




    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.


    I then cut the resin, sand a lot (manually), and voilą !




    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.



    Hope you like it, my customer does, and I really enjoyed crafting it.

    Thibault.

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    Amazing work, now all he needs is this necklace:





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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!
    Need help or tutoring? Check out the  .

    Rune

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    I'm speechless. That's very cool stuff!

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    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

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