Shaving set MODERN by BÖKER MANUFAKTUR

100% German quality!!!

3-piece shaving set, handles made of olive wood* with chrome-plated metal accents:

• Shaving brush badger bristle
• Shaving brush size M = medium shaving brush head 
• Safety Razor
• Stand made of metal, chrome-plated

Shaving set for the lover of Mediterranean lifestyle made from handpicked Olivenholz. 

The brush made from fine badger hair is softer than pure badger hair but somewhat firmer than silvertip badger hair. 

Safety razor for classic razor blades. 

Delivery with matching stand in chrome finish.

* Olive wood

Olive wood is used in knife making to produce exclusive handles. It has a gray-primed coloration with beautiful color nuances and a strong, individual grain. Olive wood is very hard and dense and has high resistance to moisture.

The wood of the olive tree

Whether in Southern Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa: the olive tree is not only cultivated around the Mediterranean but also symbolizes the landscape and culture of this region like no other plant. It grows only under very specific climatic conditions, especially those found in the Mediterranean area - it needs little water and tolerates heat but no frost. The olive tree has been cultivated as a useful plant since the fourth millennium BC and today is represented by more than 1000 different varieties in the Mediterranean region alone. Additionally, olive trees are found by the Black Sea, in the non-Mediterranean regions of the Middle East, and in southern Africa. Depending on the variety, olive trees reach heights between ten and twenty meters. They grow very slowly but can live for several hundred years. Their gnarled growth is characteristic.

The hardest wood in Europe

The slow growth on predominantly poor, dry soils and the peculiarly irregular growth of the olive tree give its wood very special qualities: On the one hand, the slow growth causes olive wood to become very dense and hard - harder than any other native European wood species. On the other hand, the gnarled growth provides a characteristic grain that varies greatly from tree to tree. The sapwood of the olive tree is pale yellow, the heartwood is grayish and mostly interspersed with dark brown streaks.

Precious due to slow growth

Olive wood is precious not only because of the extremely slow growth of the olive tree but also because it must dry for several years before it can be processed. In its processed state, it has a very smooth, slightly glossy surface that can be maintained by regular rubbing with olive oil. Besides being used for making high-quality knife handles, olive wood is also mainly used in furniture making.