Thread: Straight Razor Case wanted

Just keep Kelly & Glen from thinking they are crazy.
Don't be too critical this was a quick one out of scrape.
Just to show what can be done.
I will not be taking any request till after the first of the year so don't ask please. I have too much work right now.






Thanks
Tim

Tim

WOW! That is beautiful.
I'm marking my calendar.

Originally Posted by Bluepunk18

Awesome! In fact, the customer review pic of this case shows it filled with straights Awesome!

Not a bad looking case.

Does any know if storing your razors in here would keep it safe in the bathroom or would it still be a better idea to store them somewhere less humid?

I could not find the cases you are looking for, so I ended up making heavy lined leather pouches. I have dropped these cases or pouches on tile floors with no damage to the razor. Mine have a flap over the top so the razor can not drop from the case. I found an example at shavingshop.com both with and witout the flaps. The leather pouch is no substitute for the wood cases, but that is all I had to work with. I made them with exotic leather such as ostrich, lizzard, stingrays, snakes and any other exotic skin available to me. They do serve their purpose. Juan

Originally Posted by juannaredo

I made them with exotic leather such as ostrich, lizzard, stingrays, snakes and any other exotic skin available to me. They do serve their purpose. Juan

If you have such materials available could you make a strop out of them?

A stingray or shark strop sounds good to me.

Originally Posted by Frankenstein

If you have such materials available could you make a strop out of them?

A stingray or shark strop sounds good to me.

I have some Mako shark skin I got from a restaurant for the purpose of making a grip on a sword of mine. That stuff is hard to work with. If left untreated, and natural/raw skin, I think the texture wold make short work a straight razor, and quickly ruin one while stropping. But treated skin sounds like a great strop material to me too Rob.
btw, How've you been Pal?

Hey Johnny, not too bad, thanks mate. How about you? Did you end up getting a new place? If so I'd love to see a pic or two.

My latest wacky idea is shaving without stropping. I hone a razor up and then try to get as long as I can out of it before rehoning. I'm currently up to about 6 days before it starts to pull too much. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone except minimalist shavers, but if you like trying strange ideas there's much to be learned from it.

I modified one of those aluminum poker chip cases to hold my blades. It does an excellent job.

Dovo also ships some of their razors in a snap-shut metal case. With a little padding, it would hold two razors pretty nicely.