Thread: Rubberset Aluminum #3 - What to do....

I would clean it well and try it out, there's no harm in that.

I don't care for boar brushes, but I own two and they work well enough that I used them in the summer months. Come winter time, I want an outrageously large badger brush and plenty of hot lather. In the heat of the summer, a boars hair brush, some proraso cream or soap and I'm good.

If it falls apart, or you just can't stand it, change it out for a different knot. Size is determined by the hole in the handle, and depth is going to be hard, if not impossible to change, so you will have to live with whatever amount of loft you get, should you replace the knot. Naturally you can shim it out for more loft, but trying to drill deeper into a brass handle.... no thanks, I wouldn't try it.

The good thing is that the heat method of removing the old knot should work great on a brass handle!

Regards

Christian