Paladin Shaving & Dark Holler Design Works shop journal

[ChiefBroom]

Turned the first of these over the past week. We haven't named them yet. The beehive has been polished. The other handle just sanded on a lathe.

Lightly sanded but unpolished

 

[ChiefThunder]

Wow, beautiful!

 

[GoHabs]

You're killing me!

Turned the first of these over the past week. We haven't named them yet. The beehive has been polished. The other handle just sanded on a lathe.

Lightly sanded but unpolished

 

[rsp1202]

Beautiful handles, Ken. Great additions to your stock. Those knots are killer, as in I'd kill to get one. Does the butterscotch slot in between the PK and Chief, size-wise?

 

[jason24]

How do I get one of your brushes? I've been looking for the past few months

 

[ChiefBroom]

How do I get one of your brushes? I've been looking for the past few months

We have very limited production capacity. With very rare exceptions, we only sell brushes on our website in small releases of 30-50, which we hope to do about three or four times per month. We post notices of releases here (in a separate, dedicated thread), on our website in the Paladin News blog, and on Twitter and Facebook. So if you follow us in any of those places, you'll know as soon as releases are announced.

 

[Watson]

These prototypes are wonderful. Keep up the great work!

 

[Marcos1]

Is there a way when looking at the Flickr gallery to tell the knot diameter size? For an item like the Chief that can come in different knot diameters...how can one tell what they're looking at?

nevermind I see that after clicking individually on a brush the expanded photo has the knot diameter listed

 

[ChiefBroom]

Is there a way when looking at the Flickr gallery to tell the knot diameter size? For an item like the Chief that can come in different knot diameters...how can one tell what they're looking at?

nevermind I see that after clicking individually on a brush the expanded photo has the knot diameter listed

It actually isn't the knot diameter that's indicated, but rather the socket (hole) diameter. Knots will have a somewhat smaller base diameter in order to fit properly.

 

[Marcos1]

Thanks Ken

 

[ChiefBroom]

I think we're going to call this one the Buck Rogers, or something along those lines.

Thanks to a friend in SF who loaned us a couple vintage Made Rites to serve inspiration.

Note that this is an unpolished prototype.

 

[captp]

The Buck Rogers is sweet in that color.

 

[Marcos1]

That's a cool handle that looks like it'd be comfortable to hold too!

 

[Useless shaver]

I do not want to see them. No.

 

[ChiefBroom]

Meet Moe:

 

[ks6c]

Is that about the dimensions of a Falstaff, or larger? Love my Falstaffs, btw

 

[ChiefBroom]

Is that about the dimensions of a Falstaff, or larger? Love my Falstaffs, btw

That's a 26 mm handle. Height is about 48.5 mm and maximum outside diameter is close to 43 mm. A 26 mm Falstaff is around 46 mm high with a just a hair under 40 mm outside diameter.

 

[ks6c]

Can't wait to see 'em

 

[Useless shaver]

They are nice, all of them, aren't they?

 

[CigarSmoka]

Love this one! Looks like the bottom of the beautiful Lotus/PK-47 handles, and elegant in its simplicity. I want to mash it into my cheek for a good face lather.

Meet Moe: