Thread: What are you working on?

These have been on the project board for so long I was beginning to think they were welded to board.





Two of them feature my nemesis the satin finish. I just cannot manage to get it how I want it. I am getting a bucket of honing to do when I go back to work.

Man, each one of those look fantastic Rezdog! Great job!


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Nice work my friend! :

I"m SOOOOOOOO Glad that you are trying for the satin finish There are some here who insist on over polishing razors that NEVER had that look from the factory. In my humble opinion they just make Bastard Razors out of them.

Again, Nice Work!

Originally Posted by Benz

That looks great cudarunner. It is darker than mine, probably because of your vacuum process.

I'm not sure if it's from the vacuum sealing or not My second batch is a lot lighter 'So Far', As I'd posted about how age etc can effect herbs and spices I decided to invest in an Very Inexpensive scale to weigh the leaves, cinnamon and Allspice to try to get some consistency.

I'm also going to 'play' with using the oil. However I'd prefer to use what your mother did. With that said, the proper bay leaves that I find are between $10 per ounce or $40 per 8 ounces (Plus Shipping). Perhaps Panama can share where he'd found them for $44 per lb.

Anyway here's the $10 scale showing how much a small Bay Laurel Leaf weighs:

Originally Posted by cudarunner

I'm not sure if it's from the vacuum sealing or not My second batch is a lot lighter 'So Far', As I'd posted about how age etc can effect herbs and spices I decided to invest in an Very Inexpensive scale to weigh the leaves, cinnamon and Allspice to try to get some consistency.

I'm also going to 'play' with using the oil. However I'd prefer to use what your mother did. With that said, the proper bay leaves that I find are between $10 per ounce or $40 per 8 ounces (Plus Shipping). Perhaps Panama can share where he'd found them for $44 per lb.

Anyway here's the $10 scale showing how much a small Bay Laurel Leaf weighs:

Proper bay leaves? You mean there is more than 1 kind?

Originally Posted by AlanQ

Proper bay leaves? You mean there is more than 1 kind?

YUP! SEVERAL!

You need Pimenta Racemosa. One sniff of the real deal and you will know that it's the signature scent in bay rum. Without Pimenta Racemosa, it's not Bay Rum!

Originally Posted by BeJay

You need Pimenta Racemosa. One sniff of the real deal and you will know that it's the signature scent in bay rum. Without Pimenta Racemosa, it's not Bay Rum!

Once you find where to buy the leaves economically go ahead and purchase them and mail it to me as a Christmas Present. You can PM me for my address.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

I did vary the recipe a bit as I bought some Everclear to use instead of the vodka. There was a noticeable difference as the new batch has a much more distinctive 'alcohol' smell to it. More like a commercial AS.

I have been looking into a little bit about tinctures and depending what you want to dissolve more alcohol content is not always better.

More research needed on my end....

Originally Posted by 32t

More research needed on my end....

On my end also