Thread: My first brush build attempts,

Evening gents. From what I've read, watched and learned on this forum I decided that without a badger hair brush in my arsenal I was missing some of the SR experience at its fullest.
That being the case I decided to build one, or three.
so I set out to reclaim an old set of Texas longhorns into my first brush handle. That coupled with a 22x65 mm badger hair knot and my trusty dremel and end mill bit I got to it.
End results are pleasing to my eye, and I'll know in the AM how it feels against the jowls.
cheers..
next project, from the same set,,,,scales..

Nice, Mike! I like the way they sit and the grain of the horn. If I may, I would recommend in the future to make the hole deeper so you can adjust the knot lower if you want. Seems they are at the top. Gonna have a big bloom after use!
Took me a while to learn. Thick O-rings work great to tighten them up if need be.
Nice Work

Thanks for the feedback..
Brilliant idea on the O-ring!!
They looked set deep enough dry, the horn is so nice to work with and shapes and sands like, well fingernails, but I did not account for displacement from the epoxy and as they set, they both rose a touch.
I was so pissed at the flaw but couldn't do anything. The O-ring will provide a much better base look aesthetically and allow for bloom control. Thanks for that tip!
The skinny one I'm keeping but the larger one is for a Christmas shaving kit I've put together for my 19year old son so it needs to look its best!
I have a NOS 1946 Gillette Millord DE, stand, soap, and now this brush made from steer horn owned by his grandpa to set him on the right path to proper man scaping, hehe.
Here's the little one in my homemade rack.

Cool! We learn every time we work. I always say those o-rings are good for protecting the handle as I bang it around in a mug! Seriously, they work great and change the brush radically, or not, depending upon the diameter and thickness. A way to "tune" a brush after the epoxy has set.
Just be shure to roll the O-rings up and over the handle's end and onto the hairs. Off the end of the hairs if removing it. The other way don't work!

They look great,good work

Nice Rack Mike!
uhh that may have come out wrong

And a few fine looking brushes.
Your son should thoroughly enjoy his present, a very nice way to utilize a piece of memorabilia.

Sweet Mike! The brushes look awesome, same with that stand too. I'm sure your son will love the gift. If my Dad gave me that back when I was 19, I would have thought it was so cool!! Which means your a cool Dad!!!

Wow those are nice id deffinately line up to buy one

Cheers gents, appreciate the kind words on the work. Almost ready to slice off my first scale blanks. Might get four sets per horn set, which would be cool. Will post the results.
Andrew, here's a pic of me with a piece of Amboyna I'm going to make some handles from.

Just kidding, wish it was me with that slab! Google images is such a tease.
Never even heard of that asian wood till your reply above. Now I need to finally get my old lathe dialed in again and start to turn out some new projects..
Going to order silver hair knots for my next brushes as well as set them deeper.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Cheers gents, appreciate the kind words on the work. Almost ready to slice off my first scale blanks. Might get four sets per horn set, which would be cool. Will post the results.
Andrew, here's a pic of me with a piece of Amboyna I'm going to make some handles from.

Just kidding, wish it was me with that slab! Google images is such a tease.
Never even heard of that asian wood till your reply above. Now I need to finally get my old lathe dialed in again and start to turn out some new projects..
Going to order silver hair knots for my next brushes as well as set them deeper.

holy Crap thats nice material,will be in a place come next week that has burl like that,will try to swing some deals.
Right now I am getting ready to leave, to the same place and look at a 200 lb snakewood log,need to take it and have it xrayed first.