Thread: Best places to buy badger knots?

LS = LIOJUNY SHAVING PRODUCTS

Ebay store is classicshop2012

Check the left column in the store for "Brush Hair Knot", it's towards the bottom of the store catagories.


Regards

Kaptain "Knots may be made with badger hair, but sometime you need a ferret to find them" Zero


OR maybe I should have just posted Plan B: http://goo.gl/MHQjNo

Originally Posted by ShaveShack

I just got a bunch of knots from FrankShaving [iantang on eBay] and they are great, he will make any size you require.

If you need his email just PM me or email Sam@Shave-Shack.com.au

I have bought 8 of these and they are fantastic

Originally Posted by kaptain_zero

LS = LIOJUNY SHAVING PRODUCTS
Ebay store is classicshop2012

I have bough many knots from him, is good.
As for Frank Shaving, Iantang is not the only one who sells in ebay from this brand
The knots that you will buy separately would be better if you buy the brush itself
I have bought from him dozens of knots, lately the majority of them won't worth nothing.
I think the sell their B' class knots separately.

Originally Posted by kaptain_zero

LS = LIOJUNY SHAVING PRODUCTS

Ebay store is classicshop2012

Check the left column in the store for "Brush Hair Knot", it's towards the bottom of the store catagories.


Regards

Kaptain "Knots may be made with badger hair, but sometime you need a ferret to find them" Zero


OR maybe I should have just posted Plan B: http://goo.gl/MHQjNo

So after posting this, I decided my Simpson Colonel was just shedding too much and there was no inkling it might improve, so I decided to order a replacement Extra Dense Finest Badger from the above seller on Ebay. I got the knot today and I was very impressed for the cost, it's a 2 band, very dense knot with a crown between a fan and bulb shape and the tips appear to be quite soft. I've not had a chance to install the knot yet, so the lather test remains, but from all appearances, it looks like a great knot.

Regards

Christian

And.... after attempting to do the vice thing to remove the knot, I'm gong to have to fire up the lathe and make myself a new handle for the new knot. My Simpson faux ivory just broke into 3 pieces when I attempted to pull the knot out. It was glued very securely and there was a pressure relief groove cut inside the hole for excess glue to go, I presume, and that is where it broke.

Oh well... I needed an excuse to get back to turning, and now I have one.


Christian

Gonna be a smart azz and say ya shoulda tried steaming it out. No matter how you try to remove a knot I think there is always a chance that the handle goes south too. Sorry to hear there was no happy ending, so far at least. Be sure and post the handle you turn.

Bob

Well Bob, this way I didn't have to suffer through melting the handle by heating it for too long.

I've got 2 problems at the moment. One is that I have unsealed wood, so it's prone to issues with water and two, my shop isn't heated! Granted, it's durn near balmy warm outside for December, but turning a handle to only have water issues seems a bit of a waste of time.

I might have someone south of the border turn me up a handle and ship it here... Or I might order some faux ivory from masecraft, in which case it will arrive here at the exact same time as the -40 weather....

The good news is, I had two Colonel brushes, one with custom 2 band hair that I didn't like the last time I used it. Using it today was quite pleasurable, and so I might just wait until spring to turn that handle... We'll see.

Christian

The only handles I ever had a melting issue with was a hollow handled vintage Simms brush. Touch wood, all the solid handled brushes came through fine.

Yea, I think I would go the faux ivory route over wood for sure. It could be a nice springtime project.

Two band badger knots are my favourite badger knots to face lather with. Oth I have a couple of 3 banders that aren't to shabby either. Always good to have back ups.

Bob

I bought some faux Ivory sheet from Masecraft and it was quite soft...

I have never had a knot resist a Scissors/Exacto/Dremel assault. Chop off the bristles, Whittle'em down and then grind out the stump.