Leather rolls for razors

[SVZanshin]

I recently bought some vegetable tanned leather (a full hide plus some other pieces) to make a desk cover and decided to finally make a roll for my razors with some of the remnants. While I'm not a leather-worker, I made a simple roll for 7 razors using soft outer veg-tanned 2mm leather and the inner piece is goatskin (which is nice, stretchy and wonderfully pebbled). I hand-sewed the pieces together while watching episodes of "Get Smart" and "Hogan's Heroes" on the computer.

The razors are (from left-to-right)

Wacker Jungmeister (Spanish tip, 7/8, Buffalo horn)
Revisor Meisterklasse (5/8, Spanish tip, black)
Dovo Meister Mertens 1885 Renaissance (6/8, standard tip, Gold Horn)
Dovo Inox (5/8, standard tip, olive wood)
Ralf Aust (6/8, spanish tip, rosewood)
Ralf Aust( 5/8, standard tip, zebra wood)

 

[Joshua223]

Looks great! Stitching looks well done.

 

[Ravenonrock]

Big time stunner! Great work, looks awesome and functional. Love seeing the work, enginuity and care put in. Thanks for sharing.

 

[SVZanshin]

Thanks! There's just no material like leather, and vegetable-tanned leather has a feel to it that just can't be replicated. In my opinion using classic leather is like using a straight-edge razor - a step back in time. The Japanese have a great expression called "Mono no aware" which is difficult to translate (just like my user-id ) but deals with the impermanence of things. While shaving with a Mach-3 might give a closer shave, it is a boring and unemotional process. And it shouldn't have to be...

 

[Biltong & Boerewors]

Nice work! Must have taken many hours to do the stitching.

I enjoy working with leather as well. It started as part of my knife making hobby, making sheaths. YouTube is my teacher. I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I do. Once I start I can get so engrossed in the process that time flies by.

These days strops and other handy odds and ends.

 

[Slash McCoy]

Darn. I was gonna post the link to a thread about a bespoke 7 day set pouch I had made when I was in Bangladesh, from a cobra skin, with the spectacled hood marking front and center on the flap. The thread is still there but the pics are gone. I do still have the case, though. Pics tomorrow. Here is the thread. Maybe the pics can be accessed somehow.

Score! Cobra-skin razor case, custom made

Here are pics of a bespoke razor case, made for me by Mr. Babul Des of Chittagong, Bangladesh. The covering is cobra skin and it holds 7 razors. The razor case, two pairs of cobra skin sandals (also made to order) and a python skin belt cost me $100. No, I am not selling! Just showing off...

www.badgerandblade.com

It's not a roll-up, though.

 

[Rustynail]

Very cool i want one

 

[Butch Waxx]

I recently bought some vegetable tanned leather (a full hide plus some other pieces) to make a desk cover and decided to finally make a roll for my razors with some of the remnants. While I'm not a leather-worker, I made a simple roll for 7 razors using soft outer veg-tanned 2mm leather and the inner piece is goatskin (which is nice, stretchy and wonderfully pebbled). I hand-sewed the pieces together while watching episodes of "Get Smart" and "Hogan's Heroes" on the computer.

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The razors are (from left-to-right)

Wacker Jungmeister (Spanish tip, 7/8, Buffalo horn)
Revisor Meisterklasse (5/8, Spanish tip, black)
Dovo Meister Mertens 1885 Renaissance (6/8, standard tip, Gold Horn)
Dovo Inox (5/8, standard tip, olive wood)
Ralf Aust (6/8, spanish tip, rosewood)
Ralf Aust( 5/8, standard tip, zebra wood)

Very nice indeed!! Looks absolutely stunning.