Anyone Made There own Knot

So I was just sitting here thinking and I have a horse blonde horse tail in my craft goodie box that I've had for years,I've used it to make cone hair danglers for primitive/Native American/Mountain Man items.I was thinking I bet I could make a brush by using a plastic film container as my mold.Wipe the inside down with a release agent pour a little acraglass in the bottom and shove a tightly bundled hank of horse hair in and let it cure.I suppose this sounds rather unorthodox but what else is a guy going to do with a huge horse tail ! Comments and suggestions are welcome.

recently 10Pups started this thread
http://straightrazorpalace.com/brush...ot-anyway.html
Other than that I have not heard anyone mention making their own knot however There may be others with better memory.

If you guys ever get it figured out, the manes and tails on my neighbor's team of Percheron draft horses won't be safe from me.:rofl2:

I fly home tonight so I will experiment with it in the next few days,I think if you use a film container with the end cut off and the cap left on the other end it would work as a hair stacker like you use for fly tying.Stack your hair nice and tight,remove cap,slide knot out say 3/8 or so,then dip in epoxy.Slide tube back flush after using a straight edge to clean excess epoxy off the hair and put the cap on and leave it set cap end down.With the film container you may not even need a release agent.

Well I made two knots last night out of horse hair.Stacked the hair in a film container then transferred to a film container with the bottom cut off.Tapped it on the counter a few times and tried two different epoxy's.JB welded and locktight.The locktight was easier to work with as the JB is kinda stiff.Pushed the tube back down and tapped it on the counter covered with wax paper and then let them sit overnight.The epoxy didn't adhere to the film container and the knot slid right out.Boom there Ya go,not real prittie but it did work.Attachment 227854Attachment 227855Attachment 227856

Nice, let us know how they lather

Cool, I'm also consider to done my own knot.

My friend often hunting and can bring me boar skin.

Maybe in mouth or two I will get one and will try to do own knot.

I recall seeing a video on knot making somewhere. their "forming tubes" seemed to have a convex bottom that gave the knot it's bulb shape. that way there was no trimming involved that would ruin the tips of the hair. It might not matter with horse hair or bristle but something like badger you wouldn't want to trim. they then tied the end of the knot with string. (maybe glued it too but they didn't show that part).

I saw it also but you think I could find it again ??????? Not yet :<0)


YEAH !here it is -------> https://youtu.be/dVOpLmlJ6Es

Not going any farther with mine until I see the video " How to shave badgers " :<0)

hmmmm. I think you should do a test patch. I would think the hard part would be to separate the under wool from the guard hair without making a mess of the guard hairs, so they are all nice and neat and laying in one direction.

Umm AK did you cut/trim the hairs to shape ?
I seem to remember seeing 2 different containers in a video of making knots like what's his name :<0) said. 1 of them created a fan shape and the other a bulb. The thing is with badger is that the ends are the soft part and if you cut them you lose that softness.

No I just stacked them flat and trimmed .Obviously wouldn't work with badger and if this works I have one mor brush,if not no big deal as I don't watch much tv so I have lots of time to tinker.I made a handle out of walnut just have to put the hole in the end.I did use the knots to see if they would work and the longer one actually worked great.The short one is a bit stiff.

Take the horsehair and get it approximately all even on at least one side. Tie a string in the middle and fold the hair in half. Pull the string thru a tube of appropriate diameter so as to pack it tightly. Trim the business end to a nice, neat length and shape. Zip tie the (currently folded) handle end tightly. Cut the folded, string end flush. Epoxy the heck out of it.

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Not going any farther with mine until I see the video " How to shave badgers " :<0)

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Very carefully, and preferably with a straight razor. They need to be pampered so we can be pampered.

Ok so I have a very small lathe made by dremel that I've had for years.I was able to make a passable brush handle out of walnut on it.Then over to the mill for a hole.Glued in my homemade knot and threw on a couple coats of tru-oil.Now to test it out.
So there aren't any badgers in Alaska but we have a good supply of Wolverine.Hmmm I don't believe I've ever seen a wolverine brush.Attachment 228153Attachment 228154

That turned out pretty darn nice. I'm curious how it's going to lather for you.

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Very carefully, and preferably with a straight razor. They need to be pampered so we can be pampered.

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Hmmmm, you would need a really big bowl to lather a whole badger.

It lathers rather well.Attachment 228248

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Hmmmm, you would need a really big bowl to lather a whole badger.

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Small wading pool works :<0)

Now I am wishing I still had horses in my backyard. All that hair I wasted trimming manes and tails geeeesh.


The brush looks fantastic by the way !!

Great effort AKwildman. I'm looking at the cat next door in a new light...