Another member, Mike, gave me the idea of using a rubber stamp holder as a stand for multiple brushes and razors. I got the stand from QVC and loaded it up. It works quite well. I'm attaching a pic. This is my first time attaching a pic. I hope this works so you can see. The only thing I'm concerned about is the metal tongs.
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Thats a neat idea. Looks great
Picture and setup look good. 
Nice idea you had. Looks ideal.
David
David
Great idea.
I might wrap the metal clips with some kind of cloth tape or perhaps dip them in that rubber coating stuff to protect the brush handles.
I might wrap the metal clips with some kind of cloth tape or perhaps dip them in that rubber coating stuff to protect the brush handles.
love it. what is the DE lineup?
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Merkur Vision
Merkur Mergress
non adjustable all stainless DE
My brushes include
Savile Row 3722 Silvertip
Simpson Tulip 3 Silvertiip
Semogue 1438 Boar
Omega 31064 Boar
Vulfix 404 Grosvenor Boar/Badger Brush
That is a brilliant idea.
I know what I'll be looking for in antique store from now on.
I know what I'll be looking for in antique store from now on.
damm I want a mergress so bad.
That's a very cool idea!
NICE !!!
Looks good. Thanks for sharing. 
After noting that one of my brushes had a small scratch from using the stand after a few days, I looked into some ways to wrap the tongs. Here's what I did:
Purchased some 1/2" x 3/8" (O.D. x I.D.) clear vinyl tubing from my local big box hardware store in the plumbing section.
For each tong that I wanted to cover, I slid the tubing over the tong and cut if off with a pair of scissors. Here are a couple of pictures of showing how it fits on the stand and how it looks with a brush installed:
As you can see, the tubing causes the tongs to splay a bit wider than they would with just a brush handle alone. I squeezed the ends of the tongs for each brush to bend them back in a little just to be sure that the brushes wouldn't be falling out.
If I had it to do over again, I might have used a smaller I.D. tubing so that it would lay flatter against the tongs. It's also fairly obvious that a thinner wall tubing would allow it to conform to the shape of the tongs more easily.
Overall, I'm happy with the result (although it may not please the aesthetic sensibilities of some...) and my investment was relatively small (About $4 for a 10 foot roll - allowance for plenty of mistakes - you can buy this stuff by the foot and probably not spend over a buck.).
Here's the whole family:
The members, working counterclockwise from the left are:
Shea Moisture Brush
Omega 80266 banded boar
Rooney 3/1 Genuine Silvertip
Omega 21047 banded boar
'59 Fatboy
'30's ball handled New
Purchased some 1/2" x 3/8" (O.D. x I.D.) clear vinyl tubing from my local big box hardware store in the plumbing section.
For each tong that I wanted to cover, I slid the tubing over the tong and cut if off with a pair of scissors. Here are a couple of pictures of showing how it fits on the stand and how it looks with a brush installed:
As you can see, the tubing causes the tongs to splay a bit wider than they would with just a brush handle alone. I squeezed the ends of the tongs for each brush to bend them back in a little just to be sure that the brushes wouldn't be falling out.
If I had it to do over again, I might have used a smaller I.D. tubing so that it would lay flatter against the tongs. It's also fairly obvious that a thinner wall tubing would allow it to conform to the shape of the tongs more easily.
Overall, I'm happy with the result (although it may not please the aesthetic sensibilities of some...) and my investment was relatively small (About $4 for a 10 foot roll - allowance for plenty of mistakes - you can buy this stuff by the foot and probably not spend over a buck.).
Here's the whole family:
The members, working counterclockwise from the left are:
Shea Moisture Brush
Omega 80266 banded boar
Rooney 3/1 Genuine Silvertip
Omega 21047 banded boar
'59 Fatboy
'30's ball handled New
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Nice stand!
I fully agree with this. I think it would look much better. But a stamp holder? Who'da thought? Awesome idea!
Can you share the QVC item number? I cant seem to find it.
It looks great!
+1
That's was what I was thinking of suggesting.
Great idea by the way, and I smack myself for not thinking of it.
