Thread: Simpson Polo 8 cracked handle

Originally Posted by nessmuck

No little kids left.....I do use a scuttle....I do soak my brush in warm water...the whole knot is under water....I shave every other day or every 3 days....I store the brush up side down on a wall mounted brush holder.....my 200.00 brush was well taken care of.

If you turn it over a little less than 180' the curved crack equals the water level.

4 years at a shave every third day equals 486 heat cycles.

..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.....

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.

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.....

Originally Posted by Phrank

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.....

Oh ..this knot is going into an Elk Horn handle that Glen Sixxgun made for me years ago....the handle is pissah ....the GN knot....no so much.