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    Default A couple older projects

    Just wanted to share a couple brushes i made a few years back

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    Handle Material: Polyester Resin
    Knot: TheGoldenNib 22mm Finest Badger Fan
    Knot at base: 22.5mm
    Loft: 47mm
    Handle Height: 55mm
    Knot wasn't glued in in all pics, but it was straight when it was finished

    This brush was amazing, loved it.... Unfortunately it wasn't mine was made for a friend, in exchange for him donating the price of the the brush to his no shave November charity


    And below is the first one I fully completed
    Also made from Polyester Acrylic, with a TGN knot, but don't have the specs on hand
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    This one was slightly crooked after the glue up lol But, like I said, it was the first one, and I was dumb, and I drilled the hole after taking it off the lathe.
    Still works a treat though, and gets used regularly 5 years later


    And a crappy shot of a couple more design ideas that didn't make it to the final stages for various reasons
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    Left to right for the three without knots
    -maple chair leg turned for practice and design testing
    -same acrylic as the other one, but left unpolished. Poorly planned, the knot base area was too short and I couldn't drill deeper without busting through
    -Claro walnut, with gold rub n buff in the band. Nice stubby handle, but got a bad catch near the base, so that end is unfinished
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    nice looking handles! did you poor the resin yourself?
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    Quote Originally Posted by tintin View Post
    nice looking handles! did you poor the resin yourself?
    Thanks!
    No, i wish! I think these particular blanks came from either Rockler or Penn State Industries

    I am currently working on working out the kinks in a cheap HF pressure pot so I can play at that in the future though
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    I really like the purple luminescence of the first one.
    Good job
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    Yeah, that purple and metallic copper blend was just incredible. Unfortunately, after making that brush, then shattering another piece on the lathe, i didn't have enough left to make myself one
    Definitely going to have to see if that pattern is still available to get some more of it one of these days

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    The walnut one looked very nice. I bet it would have held a seriously nice big knot.

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    Thanks!
    I held on to the busted piece, so that I can redo the design later
    Stubby, with a fat knot, was definitely the plan on that one!
    Still have more of that same Claro Walnut on hand for "some day"
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