Shavemac was founded by Bernd’s father and initially started out to make handles for companies making shaving brushes located in the area (center of brush making in Germany). After Bernd joined the family company, he expanded their business by starting making their own brush knots. There are four departments at Shavemac:
Knots are made from selected badger hair that comes from a dressing company, i.e. sorting and cleaning of the hair for Shavemac is done out house. And with this, nobody receives a smelly brush!!
The knots are all made in house by experienced knot makers. Some of the pictures here are showing this process:
The length is cut from rod material, knot holes drilled and then formed into the typical Shavemac shapes by a special procedure: a mix of turning and grinding (the blanks are slowly rotated against a grinding wheel with the outside shape of the handle. This is followed by several fine buffing steps.
With an engraving system the handles are engraved with names, logos, dates etc.
In the final step the knots are installed in the handle, the brushes are packed and shipped worldwide.
The pictures here are showing some of the steps.
Bernd Blos, owner of Shavemac
Weighing the exact amount of hair needed to make a knot
Hair is placed in a stacking or forming box
The forming box is tapped on the granite plate to get all the hairs aligned
Tying off the knot with a string
The knot before final shaping by hand
The final shaping is done carefully by hand
Cutting off the stray hairs with a special knife
Afterwards, the bottom of the knots is cut straight and epoxy applied to stabilize the knot.
Some knots here shown are already cut and epoxied; the two in the lower part of the picture have not been cut yet.
Shaping the handle
Buffing and polishing the handle
The engraving station
Close-up of the cutting head
Cabinets full of finished handled
And finished knots...
- Knot making
- Handle making
- Engraving and installation of the knots in the handle
- Shipping/accounting
Knots are made from selected badger hair that comes from a dressing company, i.e. sorting and cleaning of the hair for Shavemac is done out house. And with this, nobody receives a smelly brush!!
The knots are all made in house by experienced knot makers. Some of the pictures here are showing this process:
- Weighing of the needed amount of hair
- Stacking in forming box
- Tying of the hair with string
- Forming of the knots by hand
- Cutting off stray hairs
- Epoxying of the knots
The length is cut from rod material, knot holes drilled and then formed into the typical Shavemac shapes by a special procedure: a mix of turning and grinding (the blanks are slowly rotated against a grinding wheel with the outside shape of the handle. This is followed by several fine buffing steps.
With an engraving system the handles are engraved with names, logos, dates etc.
In the final step the knots are installed in the handle, the brushes are packed and shipped worldwide.
The pictures here are showing some of the steps.
Bernd Blos, owner of Shavemac
Weighing the exact amount of hair needed to make a knot
Hair is placed in a stacking or forming box
The forming box is tapped on the granite plate to get all the hairs aligned
Tying off the knot with a string
The knot before final shaping by hand
The final shaping is done carefully by hand
Cutting off the stray hairs with a special knife
Afterwards, the bottom of the knots is cut straight and epoxy applied to stabilize the knot.
Some knots here shown are already cut and epoxied; the two in the lower part of the picture have not been cut yet.
Shaping the handle
Buffing and polishing the handle
The engraving station
Close-up of the cutting head
Cabinets full of finished handled
And finished knots...
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