Anybody Use Something for Shaving that Wasn't Intended for Shaving?

[Dryphter]

Yea, one time I used a derby blade. Those things aren't fit for shaving. Should be relegated to box cutting. YMMV

Rockwell blades are in the same category.

 

[Dzaw]

I am curious, though...

Many knives are made from a steel that would take and hold a shaving edge just fine, if someone were to hone them up with a shaving angle and edge...

Might make for a great vid - shaving with a big bowie knife like Dundee, only actually shaving - and comfortably!

 

[Canadian Mountain Man]

Stumbled across this on Amazon an thought it had the makings for a travel bowl.

Faber-Castell painter's water cup

Stands 3" tall when popped out, 1 1/4" when collapsed

ID is 3.5" at the top section and 2.5" at the bottom









I've tried collapsible dog bowls but they were always quite flimsy when expanded, this is much more rigid so have high hopes.

 

[PJO]

My first shave bowl. I made it from half a coconut, a coaster, and a hockey puck (with a little Gorilla glue and marine polyurethane).

Patti

 

[RickeyM]

On another forum Is saw an ad for using Listerine as an aftershave. Currently I'm using a little bowl sold for holding salsa. Got it from Dollar Tree. It's got a nice textured surface that's great for generating lather.

 

[dmshaver]

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My first shave bowl. I made it from half a coconut, a coaster, and a hockey puck (with a little Gorilla glue and marine polyurethane).

Patti

That's perfect, & looks really cool too! Make more, take them to an art show & I bet you could sell them for $40 each!

How does the coconut work for making lather?

 

[PJO]

That's perfect, & looks really cool too! Make more, take them to an art show & I bet you could sell them for $40 each!

How does the coconut work for making lather?

Thanks, David. Haha, a coconut-coaster-hockey-puck shave bowl at an *art* show.

Bowl works great, better than some honest-to-goodness shave bowls I have since acquired.

Patti

 

[dmshaver]

Thanks, David. Haha, a coconut-coaster-hockey-puck shave bowl at an *art* show.

Bowl works great, better than some honest-to-goodness shave bowls I have since acquired.

Patti

I just went to an art show last weekend & it amazes me what some people are selling, & for how much they're selling it for. Your coconut-coaster-hockey-puck shave bowl would certainly be the only one like it at an art show.

Glad it's working for you!

 

[MM879]

I use a 3' length of string to hang my Badger Brush in front of a forced air duct outlet. It works perfectly to dry the brushes during the heating season.
MM879

 

[Chadjaja]

Looking at using a coconut shell bowl sealed as a sustainable shaving bowl. Anyone else done that?

 

[BBS-1]

Besides using them to make ashtrays I've used a giant clam shell as a soap dish. It works great as long as you aren't using a soap puck. I didn't try it but you should be able to melt down a piece of the puck and pour it into the shell and let it harden.

 

[OtterLunacy]

Looking at using a coconut shell bowl sealed as a sustainable shaving bowl. Anyone else done that?

I'm pretty sure there was a thread about it a while ago.

 

[pokey074]

I have a great big wide, kind of shallow coffee mug that I use for lathering.


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[raiden]

this is my blade bank.

 

[pokey074]

this is my blade bank.

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That reminds me of my homemade blade bank.

I took an empty tin can, cleaned it out, glued the lid back on (side opener), cut a slot in it, and spray painted it OD green. I wanted to make it military styled by stenciling "BANK, BLADE, M1" on it but the corrugated sides made it impossible. That reminds me, I should just hand paint that on the top.


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[Northstonehill]

I follow this interesting thread regularly. And come to think of it... “using something for shaving that wasn’t intended for shaving”... I’d actually have to say: MONEY! - I spend way too much money on vintage razors