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Girls call me Makaluod
For quite a while now, I have had the desire to get a SR shaving stand, like they use to use in the Victorian era. They do come up occasionally for sale online but the cost, including shipping, is well beyond my allowable budget.
I have been looking for a shaving stand made of timber that incorporates a bowl for water, mirror and provision for storing a large water jug. Something like this but not as elaborate.
I recently decided to make my own stand. With about five super-foot of western red cedar lying around, I will try with that.
First I needed to see what it was like shaving using just a water bowl as my sink. This morning I tried. I took a 2.5 litre stainless steel bowl from my galley and proceeded with the SR shave using the bowl as my sink.
I found that I needed three changes of water in the bowl:
Now that I know the required capacities, I can set about designing my SR shaving stand. The making of this timber shaving stand will be a longer-termed project. I will update in this thread as it progresses (if at all).
I have been looking for a shaving stand made of timber that incorporates a bowl for water, mirror and provision for storing a large water jug. Something like this but not as elaborate.
First I needed to see what it was like shaving using just a water bowl as my sink. This morning I tried. I took a 2.5 litre stainless steel bowl from my galley and proceeded with the SR shave using the bowl as my sink.
I found that I needed three changes of water in the bowl:
- First for washing and rinsing my face (about 2 litres of water).
- Water was then changed for lathering and shaving (about 1 litre of water).
- The final water change was for rinsing face and cleaning up my shaving gear (about 0.5 litres of water.
Now that I know the required capacities, I can set about designing my SR shaving stand. The making of this timber shaving stand will be a longer-termed project. I will update in this thread as it progresses (if at all).