I saw this in Durango Colorado. No I didn't buy it but looks like someone replaced the original handle with A very fine old brush.
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I saw this in Durango Colorado. No I didn't buy it but looks like someone replaced the original handle with A very fine old brush.
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What a waste. Was that brush handle ivory?
I don't even understand what's going on there. We're they prototyping a wind up brush :shrug:
Yes it was....ivory.
It's a corkscrew and some idiot used a fine old brush to replace a broken handle. &$#%!!!*
That's what happens when someone who doesn't know or appreciate jack gets hold of some valuable shaving piece.
Wow. What a waist.
Tweakers shouldn't get nice things. Because this is what tweakers do to nice things.
Wow! What a shame. :(
Guys, guys, take it easy:) I certainly can understand the holy rage on somebody's desecrating a shaving brush, and with an ivory handle atop of it. Such atrocity should be criminally punishable:gwh:
But... this is not such a case as this is not a shaving brush! It's cork-cleaning brush, designed to remove cork crumbles from the bottle opening before pouring the fist glass. You can see a fine example of such a brush here.
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Ummmm......nope.
That is just more kinds of wrong thank I can count
You should have bought it if it had a reasonable price:)
That corkscrew looks nice and i'm sure it could have been fixed.
The brush on the oterhand either filled the hole with some fancy acrilic or make 2 shorter handles from it...that ivory isnt something you come across everyday....
I imagine the guy who did this had a fine taste for shaving gear and wine....He drank a lot of wine hence the broken handle that needed urgent fixing....had little imagination....and the IQ of a neanderthall...and no apreciation for art.
...or we could be witnesing the invention of the first Swiss Army cork-screw brush...shurely a prototype...
That poor brush....
Must be a vintage thing cause they don't use those anymore for wine.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimab
I suppose modern corks are much sturdier and don't crumble easily.Quote:
Originally Posted by thebigspendur
At the time wine was often not filtered/screened when going from fermentation to aging or from aging to bottling. Stored flat or cork down the bottom of the cork would have a nice crust of sediment (grape skin fragments, yeast sediment etc.)Quote:
Originally Posted by dimab
For the cork to be re-used as a stopper the sediment (crud) would need to be removed.
These would be in the realm of high end wedding gifts or tools of a wine steward (Sommelier) - no doubt stored with his Saber...
But that is one prime chunk of Ivory...
