Thread: Approximately how many hairs in a good badger knot, do you think?

Originally Posted by SRNewb

I agree. Staggering.
I have a cheap badger here that sheds 3 or 4 hairs every time I use it. It has done so for about a year and a half, with no visible difference in denseness. If it were one of my Simpsons I'd have complained long ago, but it's price is not worth the bother. I think i've probably got several years before it begins to be a problem.

Yes, that is the attitude I am taking regarding when to worry about a knot shedding hairs.

For inexpensive Chinese badger knots I use to reknot vintage handles it is not as much problem/worry as it would be for that happening to a European hand tied knot.

For hand tied European badger knots there is no margin of error allowed for shedding at the price you have to pay for those. They had best be perfect.

Bob

Agreed. The only exception I would make is shedding for the first week. If it sheds 2 or 3 hairs a shave for the first week I'll just chalk those up to a few hairs that didn't get glued in due to the denseness of the knot. Beyond that is not acceptable, IMO.

Maybe we should have a contest. Only thing is who would count every hair in a brush?

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Maybe we should have a contest. Only thing is who would count every hair in a brush?

I just did.14,345 hairs in a tgn 24mm grade A

That's weird, I counted 14,314 hairs in that one. Did you count down toward the knot so you didn't double count the split ends?

James.

Did you take into account natural shrinkage and the hairs that fell out during production that weren't replaced?