Lets see the newbies shave dens

So as i am a newbie , i was wondering what the other newbies shave dens look like, and i will start it off, As far as razors go i have a 5/8 Dovo Imitation Tortoise Shell, and a wade and butcher that i need to clean up and restore, and my mach 3( i know but i only shaved once with a straight so im still learning on the harder spots) also my glycerin and a couple soaps , my redneck scuttle( thanks jockey's) and the tweezerman, i also have the filly strop thats not shownAttachment 35980

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Well this is my rather well organised shaving hole.... yes a little touch of the OCD :p

I am waiting on some shiny new razors coming, will let yall see them when they get here....

I'm trying to keep the theme black lol, in fact a lot of that stuff doesn't live on my table for that reason.... Also have a number of towels and facecloth for when I do a long hot towel shave, went for pima towels, soaks up a fair amount of water and seems to keep the heat.

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I don't really have a shave den, I have a cabinet in my bathroom and on a shelf I have 2 brushes, 3 bowls, a tube of cream, bay rum aftershave, a thing of soap, syptic pencil. I'm 15 and like having my stuff in my room so in my room I have my favourite old spice shaving mug, a couple razors, my strop and most of my cologne and aftershave.

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I don't really have a shave den, I have a cabinet in my bathroom and on a shelf I have 2 brushes, 3 bowls, a tube of cream, bay rum aftershave, a thing of soap, syptic pencil. I'm 15 and like having my stuff in my room so in my room I have my favourite old spice shaving mug, a couple razors, my strop and most of my cologne and aftershave.

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Yeah my cologne and other suches live on a narrow shelf in my bathroom, I live in a smallass studio appartment and my bathroom is hella tiny lol, in fact that table is kinda wedged in a gap next to my sink. My strop hangs from a towel heater on a lace lol, I have never used this towel heater for towels really, but it is perfect for anchoring a strop. I'm working on convincing my brother to work his woodworking magic and make me a cabinet.......

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I feel you guys, i am fortunate to have a half bath in my room to put my stuff, but is only a toilet and a sink, sooo yeah i would like something bigger, but you gotta work with what you got , i wish i would have started when i was 15, instead im 25 and gave so much of my money to the gillette company:(

Hey man im 26 and went the same way lol I started this a year ago and am only just getting it, before that I went down the road of an old wilkinson sword DE that I half inched from my old mans bathroom whilst dossing there for a while :D, in fact I still have it, but I progressed from that to a shavette, which now incidentally is in the hands of one of my mates, who has decided he wants to try this straight razor lark, one of my other mates tried it and it wasn't for him, but he's ditching cartridges for a DE.

but hey watermark we still have many years left to do it :)

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very true:) so THE GEEK, what razors were u looking at getting? or r u sticking with the shavettes?

Well I have one I bought as a set locally, have no idea who made it but it shaves lol, and that was supposed to be it I jist wanted a shaving tool, but now I have the bug, just bid on two on ebay and won, there was little info but they were pretty cheap, so im hoping to restore them and get them off to a honemeister, ill put them up when I get them see if anyone can identify em, worst case they go into collection coz I liked the look of them lol, best case they get to be used. How about you?

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well before i read all the wiki stuff i bought a zeepk on ebay , then learned my lesson, then i saved up for a dovo special and i want a dovo bismarck, i also got on ebay a wade and butcher i need to either try to clean up myself or send out to get restored/honed but other then that just going to try to learn on my first dovo till i get pretty good at it you know?

Yeah I'm doing the same, but I am enjoying the collecting, I really wanna work towards honing an restoration on my own, but I think with the first ill get it done by a honemeister, then ill have a guide to run to.

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Not much, but it's growing. Made a rack from heartpine and have an old Rothschild wine box for more counter space. Need to make a display/storage rack. Also need a decent camera.


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I wanted to post on this thread about 2 weeks ago, but I figured I'd wait until after I moved. It's a work in progress, the razors are being kept in their boxes until I figure out a nice looking way to store them. I also need to get another brush holder to put on the side for my boar bristle. The shelves are too short to fit the Lucky Tiger inside...

Hey Bingo, Nice setup i like the cabinet a lot! what razors you got there?

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Hey Bingo, Nice setup i like the cabinet a lot! what razors you got there?

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The Blue toothbrush holder has a 5/8 Bengall Blue Steel, the black case has a 6/8 Dovo Best Quality, the old brown case has a 13/16 Electric Razor Co. "Improved Eagle"

And I've got a Genco fixer-upper on the way....

Other not so obvious stuff.....

The creams are by CarrieM (pink tubs) and Al Raz's Bomb (brown tub). The white cup thing in William's mug soap, the clear glass on top has Truefitt & Hill Lavender in it. The clear glass in top has alum block, if you can't tell. The brush is custom by bjanzen. I think everything else is pretty straightforward, ask if it isn't.

EDIT: My newbie-ness is showing. I just had a few of the AS's come in the mail yesterday. :o