Thread: Purchased 6 brushes today at auction

Have not purchased any before so not sure if what I have is any good or just common stuff. 3 brands are ever ready 500b, 040, 200t
there is a steralized us standard and a whiting Adams one is not marked. Any help with rarity and value would be appreciated.

No Valuations allowed, all pretty coomom brushes,great for reknots tho

yep, I would steam the knots out and re knot them

Just a word of caution. don't steam the ever- readys as they are hollow and will melt, i know because i've tried it. they are common brushes but should restore nicely.

Don't steam the wood ones either. Very cool though, do some reading on here about reknoting. It can be a fun little project to do.

Nice catch!
Badger is not too bad but any imitation, horse hair, or boar brush will swell with soaking or steaming and may break the ferrule around it. Has happened to me.
~Richard
PS. I usually cut the bristles off against the ferrule and us a small drill to open the center of the knot and then use dental picks to go from there. sometimes I can pull chunks of bristles out with a pliers and that makes the job quicker.

Nice score.

I did the same thing last year and bought a dozen wooden handled brushes over two evenings.

I drill all mine out. Also the chrome on the Whiting Adams can be very thin. Just a little polishing can produce the brass layer underneath.

Here's my WA.



I need to photo the rebuilds and post.

WOW !!....An "instant" collection of vintage brushes

That's a very nice example of a Whiting-Adams Vulcan brush. It was definitely made to read the logo when drying brush-side down. I don't remember coming across a U.S. Standard brush before. That one is rather curious. I wonder who the maker actually was.

reknot time!