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Excellent!
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Attachment 276914..it's like watching a crack in your windshield....just keeps on going..
Happened to my Classic 1 a few years ago. No trauma, no hot water; knot simply swelled and cracked the handle like yours. Knot was still tight so I slowly filled the crack with CA glue, maybe 10 or 12 thin applications. Still my favorite brush.
Like the Energizer Bunny....Keeps on going and going.....:eek:
Just tossing out my thoughts and have never had one of these and cannot find quickly what the material of the handle is.
It could be a cold shut in the molding of the handle rearing its ugly head.:thinking:
You may want to consider, at least, salvaging the knot as I am sure you can either send it to a brush artisan to turn you another handle and set this knot into it, or order a handle off of ebay or etsy and set the knot into it, yourself.
Good luck. :)
Other alternative is to email Mark I believe at Simpson and ask him about putting the knot into a new handle, he's done it for customers before and might be cheaper than just buying a new one.....
Simpson did have a batch of bad handle material, but it was quite some time ago if I recall correctly. It may be old stock from that era that you purchased 5 years ago.
Drop Simpson a line, I would be very surprised if they did not make it right. That should NOT happen.
Regards
Christian