Things we make.

[Roy_Drage]

Things we make.

Hi guys something Cigar related today. After a good night out last night I decided to spend some time in the man cave.

This is the result:

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I had a go at a bullet casing punch, taped up the casing and popped it in the cordless drill then in the vice. A bit of work with a file and sharpening stone and it was good to go.

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Unfortunately it was a bit big for my Cigar and kind of tore up the end so I had to resort to a kitchen knife (not got a cutter yet). However I will get another file and try on some other casings.

In any case, I'm enjoying sitting with a Coffee having a smoke.

Cheers.

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[Roy_Drage]

Cheers guys, will be happy to keep going!

Keep posting. never knew there was that much to a shaving brush.
The pennies are just for weight?

If you look at the handle you will see that it is hollow, the base of the knot doesn't get pushed all the down into to bottom , it need sto be supported in some way. A stack of pennies allow a shelf to built to the correct height meaning the correct amount of bristles stick out.

The pennies have the added bonus of providing some heft as the handle is plastic and doesn't weigh much at all.

Cheers.

[Guinness70]

Cheers mate, it just seemed to be me posting for the last while. I don't want to be seen to be clogging things up.

Keep posting. never knew there was that much to a shaving brush.
The pennies are just for weight?

[PeeJay]

Cheers mate, it just seemed to be me posting for the last while. I don't want to be seen to be clogging things up.

You obviously haven't seen me in full flow yet. I have seen a page full of my avatar, talking crap as usual.

[Sean]

Behave mate us men always like seeing stuff like this

[Roy_Drage]

No need to stop mate that what this thread is for nice restore by the way

Cheers mate, it just seemed to be me posting for the last while. I don't want to be seen to be clogging things up.

[Sean]

No need to stop mate that what this thread is for nice restore by the way

[Roy_Drage]

Hell guys another one from me, I promise I'll stop after this!

A re knot of a vintage every ready shaving brush, bought from eBay in the U.S. with the intention to re do it. The knot is Finest Badger from China via Arizona.

As you can see the original has quite a high loft and is made of Boar Bristle, this'll not my favourite combination so was always going to change. On arrival the brush was in overall good condition but had been used and could do with a tidy up.

I increased the knot diameter to 24mm and set the loft to 52mm, inside the base of the handle I made a shelf out of pennies which added some weight and was set with epoxy resin, once derby knot was also glued into place.

The handle was smoothed off and sanded up from 640 - 2000 wet and dry then polished with Menzerna Polish.

It gets used on a regular basis and performs as intended.

Thanks for reading.

[Roy_Drage]

Thats great mate really nice touch

Thank you [emoji106] simple but effective

[Sean]

Thats great mate really nice touch

[Roy_Drage]

it's universal... :-)

Nice one. Thats a lot of polishing...

Cheers, yes I know I'm not alone!

It took a bit of effort but it wasn't too bad.

[Guinness70]

my Wife enjoys Gold and Diamonds

it's universal... :-)

Nice one. Thats a lot of polishing...

[Roy_Drage]

Hi guys another simple thing I made. This was for my Copper (how apt) Wedding Anniversary a few years ago, I'm fortunate that while my Wife enjoys Gold and Diamonds she is not averse to a handmade present that has had a bit if thought put in.

Take on piece of copper pipe, cut, file and polish and you have a Copper Ring Anniversary gift mi noticed the other day Mrs Roy has this on her key ring.

Cheers.

[Roy_Drage]

Hi guys, another shaving related project. If you want to clean a Fat Boy razor and take it to bits there is a retaining nut on the bottom.

On my razor this is done by inserting something with two prongs into the nut and turning, one well known tool is to use a folding paper clip type of thing.

I didn't have one so made my own, nothing too technical just a bit of sawing and filing.
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[Roy_Drage]

These are the kind of things that should be passed on or they'll disappear. Tradition is too often pushed aside for the latest fad !

Nice that you had someone to spend time with in order to learn that stuff

Cheers.