Thread: Boar bristle opportunity...

My father is going on a boar hunt next week and I thought this could be a great opportunity for experimentation. I figure that boar = boar bristle and boar bristle = making a boar bristle brush. Unfortunately, I have no boar bristle brush making skills. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Or is anyone interested in any boar bristle for use in their brush making endeavors?

Remember, I have no idea where the bristles come from on the pig or how to procure them.

This may be more trouble than its worth but I haven't talked him into going badger hunting...yet.

thanks,
Jocko

you have to take the bristles off the boar and badger badger?

wondered what I was doing wrong....

Let the boar live, and just give him hugs to lather yourself. Everyone wins.

There is a whole process involved in dressing the hair, sterilizing it, cutting it, making the plug. Its pretty specialized work, not for the uninformed. Most people who make custom brushes buy the hair plug ready made to epoxy into the handle.

So i can't skin dead badgers i see at the side of the road?

Well of course you can, especially the really rare ones , the ones that are black with the white stripe down their backs. Those are the super duper silvertip.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Well of course you can, especially the really rare ones , the ones that are black with the white stripe down their backs. Those are the super duper silvertip.

I've found those a little on the stinky side though

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Well of course you can, especially the really rare ones , the ones that are black with the white stripe down their backs. Those are the super duper silvertip.

Wait...that was a badger? Then why did he spray this stuff all over me? I just wanted some of his hair...

Originally Posted by ernestrome

So i can't skin dead badgers i see at the side of the road?

Perfectly acceptable if they are some-one elses road kill and you can get there before Jamie Olivers mate drags the carcass off to the kitchen...

Si.

Originally Posted by JMS

I've found those a little on the stinky side though

Yeah, but a real man just uses them until the scent goes away.

- Scott