Cigar Box Straight Storage Case

Thanks to all who recently offered to send me cigar boxes for straight razor storage, but I found exactly what I was looking for on Ebay for less than $20! This awesome wooden cigar box has two divided trays that do an excellent job of holding and protecting my str8s, and looks great to boot:
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The individual holders are big enough to accommodate even my biggest Sheffield blades.
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There is a bottom tray under the top one for my growing collection, too (not sure what I'm going to do with the glass cigar tubes, though, maybe use them in my mad scientist's lab?):shrug:
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Anyway, for any of you trying to start your shave den on a budget, this is a low-cost, but still classy-looking storage solution. Aaron

Great idea! The only trouble is, I would be tempted to buy more razors to fill it up.

Very nice, I'll probably get one just like that or make one...good idea.

You can take one of the glass tubes, fill it with rice, stuff a cotton ball in the end, put it back in the bottom rack,,,it will collect the moisture for you,,,keeping the box a little bit dryer inside.

great tip, thanks hirlau

Yeah, thanks for the tip, John!

Great looking case. Would love to find something like that.

I used to pick these up at the local tinder box (cigar store) They used have a ton of them dirt cheap.

Awesome idea! Will they hold a 9/8 razor though?

With a 3 razor rotation, I don't think I can move them from the top of my bureau. Too many times during the day I pick one or more up to admire them and to make sure they have had enough sleep to be used again.

That is a great idea! purely genius !

That's a cool idea. I'd be tempted, if I had enough to make it worthwhile anyway.

That's perfect a perfect case for razors. Wish I had one even. But my idea is to turn witch ever razor you use over to where the spine is down in the little slot so you can keep track of your rotation. That's the biggest reason I want something like that. My rotation stays a little off. Nice though congrats on finding it.

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That's perfect a perfect case for razors. Wish I had one even. But my idea is to turn witch ever razor you use over to where the spine is down in the little slot so you can keep track of your rotation. That's the biggest reason I want something like that. My rotation stays a little off. Nice though congrats on finding it.

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How big is your rotation? If you leave 1 razor out and leave a space between yesterdays and tomorrows,,,, ta da ,,you have a system. :<0) You could also label the slots ? Just thinking.........

Or just flip the spines from facing right to left.

Yeah but my kids keep me so scatter brained that I would forget which way I turned the used ones. Only because I only shave every other day or if I'm dead tired every 3rd day. Also they accomplish that because IM raisin a 3 year old son and 4 year old daughter by myself. They keep me gettin them something for them about every 5 minutes. But I love them little boogers they're worth it.

I put a link to that exact box from JRs in the razors sub forum (with the stogies!).

Thanks for the link

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Or just flip the spines from facing right to left.

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I had this idea to embed precious stone in scales a few years back (wonder what happened to that idea?) so I have some stones laying around. During the summer I tend to go a few days without shaving so I forget where I left off in the rotation - so I started leaving a single ruby next to the tang of the blade after I put it back in the box. My wife cringes.

I paid a stupid amount for a TI razor box a few years ago and while it looks nice, it only takes 7 blades. The rest lay around in a number of places. So while messing around on the bay last week I decided to grab a few primo cigar boxes and see what I can come up with. First one arrived yesterday so I think I'm going to take a breather from restoration and try to make a $100 box from $17 of material. None have already installed spacers and the first one seems to be about 1" taller than the TI box (I'm seeing space for a tray in my mind's eye).

Off to grab another coffee and pipe and stare at the box for a bit. We'll see how it goes. Pictures and narrative soon... hopefully.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/misce...tml#post692379

My Box

Stealing of your design well underway here. Just got back from getting the bass wood and some leather. This one is going to have to be a single layer (too shallow for the tray after all). I have 3 more boxes inbound and I know for sure one is big enough to replicate your setup. Thanks! Pics by Sunday.

Thought I'd have wrapped this box up Sunday but noooo - I had to get creative. Does anyone know if camphor wood has any negative impacts to the steel in razors? I have this idea that using an angled wedge thing made of camphor might be kinda cool - and smell interesting in the box. If one likes the smell and it goes away, just scrape it a few times with sandpaper. Anyway that's the bit of wood I decided to use to attach the bass wood divers to.

Also playing with a design that allows the blade you just used to be set off to the side of the box over an open container holding rice or something to absorb whatever moisture may be on your freshly used blade - helps with keeping track of the rotation too. Pics soon, as soon as I find out if camphor wood is OK being inside a box with blades.

Should have finished today but my neighbor came by for beer (read: cut a box full of 1/8th wood strips for me). So a cubic yard of sawdust later I'm just now getting back to it.

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Thought I'd have wrapped this box up Sunday but noooo - I had to get creative. Does anyone know if camphor wood has any negative impacts to the steel in razors? I have this idea that using an angled wedge thing made of camphor might be kinda cool - and smell interesting in the box. If one likes the smell and it goes away, just scrape it a few times with sandpaper. Anyway that's the bit of wood I decided to use to attach the bass wood divers to.

Also playing with a design that allows the blade you just used to be set off to the side of the box over an open container holding rice or something to absorb whatever moisture may be on your freshly used blade - helps with keeping track of the rotation too. Pics soon, as soon as I find out if camphor wood is OK being inside a box with blades.

Should have finished today but my neighbor came by for beer (read: cut a box full of 1/8th wood strips for me). So a cubic yard of sawdust later I'm just now getting back to it.

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Any progress on this?

Beautiful Unique Tobacco Cigarette Wooden Box Made in Occupied Japan | eBay

I wonder if I could get this fixed to hand me my razor of the day.

COOL, I'm going to do this.

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Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

Thanks to all who recently offered to send me cigar boxes for straight razor storage, but I found exactly what I was looking for on Ebay for less than $20! This awesome wooden cigar box has two divided trays that do an excellent job of holding and protecting my str8s, and looks great to boot:
Attachment 136402
The individual holders are big enough to accommodate even my biggest Sheffield blades.
Attachment 136403
There is a bottom tray under the top one for my growing collection, too (not sure what I'm going to do with the glass cigar tubes, though, maybe use them in my mad scientist's lab?):shrug:
Attachment 136404
Anyway, for any of you trying to start your shave den on a budget, this is a low-cost, but still classy-looking storage solution. Aaron

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Do you know what's the box name? or what cigar types did it hold, it would help narrow down the search.