January 2024

Interesting, and nice handiwork!  Any reason for the lacquer over the polyurethane?  Is one more waterproof?

Yes but that is a long story.  You can use either, laquer looks better in the end for items you personally touch if you want my opinion. 

I use polyurethane a lot on wood.  But for stabilized wood brushes, laquer feels and looks more luxurious to me. 

He was already using this, i just happened to ask Rudy on Sunday or Monday in case I had to touch them up in 10 years.

One of the reasons I ask is because I have an idea (I don’t think it’s an original idea because I may have seen someone mention it before) to coat an entire DR Harris wooden bowl in urethane to waterproof it.

Latest acquisition.

56 Personna 74s. 

It's a year's worth of the best razor blades ever created.

Waiddaminnit . . . Did you go and unwrap all the blades? 

Just in from Tallow + Steel

Just in from Tallow + Steel

I hope that one on the left doesn't smell like a Sasquatch!! Reportedly they have a body order that could gag a maggot off of a gut wagon!!

I bought a Romulus by Yaqi last December, and while I can use the original handle okay, I am always concerned about it slipping out of my fingers. These came today as alternatives for that situation.

On the left, an unnamed handle in a matte finish, and on the right, the Milano handle, which is polished like the Romulus.

Just in from Tallow + Steel

I hope that one on the left doesn't smell like a Sasquatch!! Reportedly they have a body order that could gag a maggot off of a gut wagon!!

It’s actually a complex lavender scent and not a rank Bigfoot aroma! I got the Sarsaparilla (my second one) as a gift for my son.

I bought a Romulus by Yaqi last December, and while I can use the original handle okay, I am always concerned about it slipping out of my fingers. ...

This'll fix it right up:

A few turns of cloth hockey tape, aka friction tape.

Seriously, I had to use it on one of those Wilkinson Sword TTO razors. Smooth and polished would be far better than the spiral knurling they have.

One of the reasons I ask is because I have an idea (I don’t think it’s an original idea because I may have seen someone mention it before) to coat an entire DR Harris wooden bowl in urethane to waterproof it.

I've used Minwax Helmsman Spar Urethane / Clear Gloss on a vintage wooden handle and it's still great after a few years. (Since August 30, 2019)


I figured it would be able to stand up to the hot water.



But I could see how the thinner coat of lacquer would look and feel like a more natural finish. (Are we talking nitrocellulose lacquer?)

I bought a Romulus by Yaqi last December, and while I can use the original handle okay, I am always concerned about it slipping out of my fingers. These came today as alternatives for that situation.

On the left, an unnamed handle in a matte finish, and on the right, the Milano handle, which is polished like the Romulus.

Nice looking options!