Thread: My shave stand...completed.

Greetings all,

Joined the world of Straight-razor shaving 2 months ago. I've finally got it and I've replaced all the stupid useless cartridge razors with one "Classic Samurai" Shavette and one DE razor.
I have not saved this much money shaving and actually ENJOYED shaving before in my life!!
There was a point where I hated shaving so much I considered getting electrolysis of my face just so that I'd never have to put a razor to my face again. Now that I have discovered this pleasurable method of shaving, I've even grown out a beard and when i trim it up, it's barbershop level quality. Crispy lines everywhere and sexy as hell!!
The wife loves it and so do I!!
The soaps...the scents...the oils...I've never had such a positive feedback from spending time in the bathroom IN...MY...LIFE!!!!

The funny thing is that my mom shaved with a DE razor (her legs...to my knowledge...lol) since before I was born. I've always seen her sky blue "Gillette Lady" in the bathroom cabinet as far back as I can remember opening the bathroom cabinet. In fact, one of the DE razor blades from her Gillette Lady is what I chopped the tip of my finger off with as a teen...lol.

But that's enough of my ranting...here's a few pics of my modified shave stand. I got the black shave stand, metal bowl and brush off of ebay. I wasn't satisfied with the bowl so I went to Goodwill and found the larger bowl that i lather with.
In the spirit of the "Samurai" I modified two forks and screwed them to the back of the stand to hold my Shavette up in the air.
The blue topped bottle under the brush is some of the coconut shaving concoction that my son's barber sold me. That stuff is slicker than Don King and smells so sweet. I used to use it to lube my head when shaving with my DE razor, but now that I've figured out how to lather properly and buff the soap with a little oil...I don't need the barber level stuff anymore...for my head anyway. I still use it to trim my beard lines and shave my mustache stubble.

Here's some pics of the thing...