Badger Badger Badger the New Shave brush Handles

Tis the beginning of so many new brush handles.  From the limited addition Walnuts, newly finished Spalted Maple, and Lilac wood.  With many more in the pipeline....


Take one home @ http://tinyurl.com/m7nvv6k Lovgren & Daughter Etsy Shop.

This striking handle will be gone soon.  All of the similar ones went within a few weeks.  If you like it get it now and pick your Knot at the Etsy Shop: http://tinyurl.com/m7nvv6k

At our Etsy Shop Lovgren & Daughter: http://tinyurl.com/m7nvv6k

Found in our Etsy Shop: http://tinyurl.com/m7nvv6k

Each one could be yours!  We offer engraving at no additional cost - anything from a monogram to a family crest to pinup picture (another bolg post on that custom brush on the way :).

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Brush of a Lifetime Tall men and Big hands need a big brush

To show the large handle better here is a mahogany in comparison to the usual size. The smaller brush knot size is 22mm x 65mm the larger one is 30mmx 75mm.

The shape of things...

Every few months we take some time to look around and see interesting shapes and they way we can use them in our work. From art pottery to 17th century punch bowls. This sounds like a lot of divergent shapes. This art pottery was very interesting in it's form. Now, in order to simplify it for our purposes, the handle became solid and the deep ribbing wouldn't translate very well into wood, but here is one of the inspiration pieces: . In this punch bowl it was the outline that was so appealing: Finally, here is a lidded bowl from ages ago. It's amazing to look through the ages as more things change the more things stay the same. This vessel is from the 2nd or 3rd century all are courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. It is an incredible museum and if you ever have the chance to go there - do. . This is the final lidded box. It is larger than a shaving bowl and is more of an object d'art. There is a well inside but the diameter is 8 inches across. The cross current grain of the mahogany reminds us of the waves in the ocean whether it might be a rip current or waves crashing in to the beach. If you would like to take this home or see more of our work, please visit our Etsy Shop, Lovgren & Daughter.

Waves of Grain

We have new decorative bowl made of Mahogany. We are still putting the final coats of finish on it now. . We took some of the musical instrument grade mahogany and laminated it together. Laminating is actually when you glue boards together to make a thickness that suits your needs. In this case, we alternated the grain patterns so that you can see them flow cross currently as your eye travels up the bowl. . This bowl started out as a shave bowl, it was rather large for a shave bowl but in cutting it down we would have lost the gentle form that compliments the grain. . We hope you like it as much as we do. It will be available in our Etsy shop: Lovgren & Daughter in a few days.

Mahogany real Guitar Grade Mahogany

We are very fortunate here in North Eastern PA. We aren't very far from the Legendary Martin Guitars. Through a friend we came to have some mahogany that was left over from the beautiful craftsmanship of the Martin Guitar Company. If you find yourself in PA, go see Martin: http://www.martinguitar.com/about-martin/visit-us.html. For our next set of shave bowls, we have used this mahogany to create a classically elegant shave bowl. You can see the beautiful grain in the bowl top. This bowl should grace the bathroom vanity not to be hidden in a cupboard. Here is a shave brush also made out of mahogany for a matched set. The brush is perfect for wet shaving. Yes, life is beautiful. Choose to have beautiful things in your life. If you are interested in bring these home please visit our Etsy Shop: Lovgren & Daughter. https://www.etsy.com/shop/LovgrenandDaughter.