Bob's Razor Works

Shaving accessories for the discriminating wet shaver.
Replacement handles for 3 piece razors from the following materials.
Brass. Nickel plated brass.
Composite handles with brass or plated spindles and exotic hardwoods including burls.
1 piece replacement knobs for the Merkur Progress, bass or plated.
Custom wall racks for your brushes and razors.
Bespoke shaving brush in a variety of woods and sizes, made to your specs.

Coming soon.
Progress knobs with exotic wood tips.
Made to order handle for Gem razor.
See the slide show on my website.

Nice set up for the equipment. Bookmarked the site.

Finally, a custom shop for DE razors.

The site is great. I hope you do well Bob.

Thats a really nice lathe! Do you turn bowls as well?

King of Kailua said:

Thats a really nice lathe! Do you turn bowls as well?

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I could but I haven't.
I made the lathe with an out board spindle but I've never used it.
I've got about 4 1/2 feet between center but the longest I've turned are baseball bat about 3 feet.

I used to have access to a workshop with a great lathe, grinder, and chisels. The shop had a lot of pieces of Koa wood in piles that where too small for furniture but perfect for bowls. Unfortunately, I'm living somewhere else now without access to the tools. Some day I'll be back into it again.

Cool site!

Just received my plated custom handle from Bob's Razor Works! It's even nicer than I expected. All my other razors are jealous.

Here's a picture of a razor handle and a brush I just completed.
Both are turned out of Afzelia burl.
The burl came from 2 different source which is why they don't match color wise.
But they were made for 2 different people.
If necessary I could have stained the razor handle to match the darker brush.

Man, I can't wait to get back home to get to my order.

All the best Bob, one of my silent questions when looking at all the vintage razors with bad handles was why it was difficult to find replacements.

Cooncatbob's handles have a nice feel and balance to them. Here is mine on a gillette new head.

great site!

can't wait to take a look (not on my personal pc right now) - but GOOD LUCK with your venture!

Fantastic Bob! Good luck with your venture!

I'm down to 2 of the Plated Progress knobs.
Next I'm going to make a shortened knob so my Progress will fit in the Vintage chrome case that the Hoffritz slants came in.
I'm sending a batch of parts to the plater tomorrow.
I've made 10 spindles for the composite handles and I made 4 HD styled handle 2 are spoken for but the other 2 are up for sale.

Here's 2 new brushes that I've just added to the slide show.
A 20 mm silver tip Cocobolo and a 22mm silver tip East Indian Rosewood.

RayH said:

Nice set up for the equipment. Bookmarked the site.

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Ditto!

Bookmarked! Great site, fantastic workmanship!

I'm due to get 10 spindles for the composite handle and several HD style handles back from the plate shop.
I should have some new stuff which I will add to the slide show.