Made a razor display case, give me your thoughts!!

**shorynot** · 10-11-2009, 12:46 PM

I been wanting to do this for awhile, and most of the thanks can go to my father. He helped me create the template for all the shoulder screws to go. This is a shadowbox i bought at a local crafts store. It already had hinges on it and closed with magnets. We pulled out the back piece of Styrofoam and replaced it with a decent quarter inch piece of wood. Then stretched a piece of felt over the board, inserted the board into the back...and sunk some hanging anchors.

My question to you all, would some of you be willing to buy something like this? I was thinking of mass producing these, giving people the option of woodframe, or black like ill be showing. Also giving the option of felt color. The case will display 14 razors (2 week rotation) 5 on each side, and 4 in the middle. The only thing i would plan on changing is instead of stretching the felt around the wood, glueing down the felt so i can make the back look a bit better. Right now the back is a bit ugly, you can see where i stretched the felt across and whatnot. Anyways...let me know

Right now I only have 5 razors (one on the way), but i look forward to filling this up.

Here you can see that i inserted some rubber weather guard stripping down over the frame. The only reason i did this is because i will be keeping my case in the bathroom and dont want too much moisture getting in.

And heres a closeup of the handle that did not come with this. The shadowbox was designed to be opened from right to left. I decided i wanted this laid out in landscape style...bought the handle cheap at a hardware store and sunk it in with some screws.

There you have it

**thirdeye** · 10-11-2009, 12:53 PM

That is awesome sir!!!! Excellent work that acts as a fine display and a place to hold your razors in one....I'd like one of those.

**mdunn** · 10-11-2009, 03:21 PM

that looks pretty good!

**Ru4scuba?** · 10-11-2009, 03:30 PM

Great case and a conversation piece to boot!

**shorynot** · 10-11-2009, 03:31 PM

Thanks for the feedback, like i said...im seriously thinking about producing some of these to peoples preferences to sell.

**Luc** · 10-11-2009, 03:34 PM

Nice display case!

**benvh** · 10-11-2009, 03:38 PM

Nice job! If I had a bunch of straight razors I'd be interested.

**Omnichron** · 03-03-2010, 12:19 AM

May I touch your display Sir?

**figaro_black** · 03-03-2010, 12:41 AM

That is nice! After all, what is the idea with a collection if you cannot show it off properly for people to admire? A real work of art.

However, I do wonder if it would not have been better making air able to flow through it freely to reduce moisture than adding that moisture protection barrier? The reason is quite simply that even if you dry your blades properly after a shave, I guess you would open the case in a moist bathroom thus introducing wet, moist air into the case that cannot get out once you close it. I might be completely wrong, since I do not know much about those things at all, it was just a thought.

**saltypete** · 03-03-2010, 02:27 AM

Very nice!

Pete

**Barbash** · 03-03-2010, 03:59 AM

Great work and I too like the gold hook on the blue background.

**iamyourfather** · 03-03-2010, 07:34 AM

WOW! that is awesome!

I would really really like something like that for my DE's!

I love it when people build their own things and it comes out beautifully.

**K.T.** · 03-03-2010, 09:59 AM

Nice job!

Some constructive feedback:

It would be nice if the hooks were less noticeable. I think the shiny finish draws too much attention to the hooks. If you were able to find a more muted finish, and maybe just used a pin (instead of a hook) to keep the blade open, I think you would reduce the visual clutter and better guide the eye towards the razors, which is what you want.

It would be cool if you could incorporate some sort of lighting around the perimeter of the box. Maybe something like a strip of warm balanced LED's running around the inside edge. I don't know what's available, but that would be a cool option.

If I were to buy a case like this, I would prefer a simple, tasteful knob instead of the handle. Or if you used a handle, perhaps a smaller, subtler one, that compliments the lines of the box. I feel that the curved handle you're using now feels a bit mismatched with the straight lines of the box and may be slightly too large.

I agree that if the box were made for the bathroom, I would want maximum airflow/ventilation vs. weather sealing. Unless you you started with a dry case won't be opening the case at all, you'd want to give the moisture every chance to vent out. If you sealed in just a slight bit of moisture, I would think your blades would start oxidizing or rusting.

Best,
K.T.

**baba** · 03-03-2010, 11:26 AM

Looks fantastic. Wish you had one for DE's as well.

I agree with one other post in that the hooks stand out from the background, I think it may look a bit more sleek if the hooks were the same color as the background. That way they would sort of disappear visually.

Lighting would also be great but isn't a deal breaker.

I would definitely buy something like this if I had straight razors.

Really nice work!

**DSB** · 03-03-2010, 11:30 AM

Wow, that's a great display case! Nice work, sir.

**bradyarz** · 03-03-2010, 11:31 AM

if some sort of desiccant were used, i believe the case could be sealed without issue.

**Haber Dashing** · 03-03-2010, 12:05 PM

Very nice sir! I'm no Bob Vila, but to my eye that is a very nice display case. The rubber spray sounds like a nice idea, but if it didn't work out for you, I think its still a beauty.