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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.

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    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.Name:  IMAG0378.jpg
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    Nice, let us know how they lather

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


    YEAH !here it is -------> https://youtu.be/dVOpLmlJ6Es
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    Not going any farther with mine until I see the video " How to shave badgers " :<0)
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