Thread: Paddle Station-A Work In Progress

Living in a city apartment demands that one maximizes what space you have allotted to you. There’s no second bathroom off the laundry room in the basement that can become one’s own shaving den. Imagine living on a submarine. So additions to the gear one needs for shaving requires that two things happen. If something comes into the apartment, something has to leave. This holds as true for shaving gear as it does for girlfriends and wives. When something comes in, something’s going to leave.

Got some used razors nicely honed (thank you, Lynn) and read Glen’s http://straightrazorpalace.com/strop...xperiment.html. So I wanted something more than just a hanging strop that allowed me to keep up an edge, i.e. diamond spray, Cro Ox, etc. But where keep the stuff? So I created a paddle station behind the bathroom door, out of the way except when needed but easily accessible.

It’s crude, all off-the-shelf stuff from HD and likely subject to much modification. Now that it’s installed, I think it’s a little long for the space. But I thing it will solve some of the storage problems.

The leather is from a high fashion designer who was thinning out his collection in the Garment District. The felt is from a shop on Etsy and the .5 and .25 diamond spray from SRD is drying overnight. I’ll try the set-up out in the morning.

In the meantime, I have some Cro-Ox and a felt pad coming from SRD. A strip of thicker cowhide is coming from a friend in New Hampshire so I’ll see how the Italian stuff works.

I wish I had access to a shop with routers and table saws, etc, but I don’t. I do have the satisfaction of knowing that I created this.

The build.



The install. Applying the diamond spray.


Voila! Well, maybe.