Thread: PC Woodcraft Brushes

All you can do is order them. Here's an idea, if you have the tools to do it. Take a block drill holes in it to fit the knots at varied depths. I think this would allow you to figure out or at least help figure out what you might prefer the loft set at.

Originally Posted by Trimmy72

All you can do is order them.

I have 3 of that store
24mm base knot and 67mm total height.
Theoretically it should be work as is and not need a "toss" to prevent over-blooming,am i right ?

It will bloom how it blooms. The only thing that will change it, is the loft you set it at. I suggest you do what Trimmy has suggested above. If you want my advice, I wouldn't set the loft above 54mm. Somewhere around 48-50mm is my suggestion. Loft is a very personal thing. Some like it short, some like it long. If you want it floppy, set it higher. If you like firm with backbone, set it lower.

Side note, When boring the hole for the knots you can also flare the hole bigger towards the top. This is another factor which will make the bloom bigger. You can create a big bloom to a shorter loft. But that's opening up a whole other can of worms.

Originally Posted by Doryferon

I have 3 of that store
24mm base knot and 67mm total height.
Theoretically it should be work as is and not need a "toss" to prevent over-blooming,am i right ?

That is a very strange looking knot,Not dissin, JMO

67mm is going to be too floppy. Mine if I'm recalling correctly was set at 55mm and is still to floppy (assuming the pic your showing is horse hair knot). I would play around with it, I never did this but it may work....
use a string or a rubber band around the knot and adjust it up and down until you find something that feels right to you. Measure it from the base to the string and that's how deep you want to set the knot in the handle.
We will call this a "knot ring" lol

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

That is a very strange looking knot,Not dissin, JMO

Bill it's not HMW Badger, it's horse
The "knot" is not as refined as TGN knots but they are solid. You don't see the bottom anyway....

Originally Posted by Trimmy72

Bill it's not HMW Badger, it's horse
The "knot" is not as refined as TGN knots but they are solid. You don't see the bottom anyway....

Thats a horse Knot? never seen one before.
I think inspecting the epoxy base of a well made Knot is very important,I see any hairline fractures in a knot base,they get sent back.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Thats a horse Knot? never seen one before.
I think inspecting the epoxy base of a well made Knot is very important,I see any hairline fractures in a knot base,they get sent back.

Really, you never seen a horse hair knot?
It looks like one to me but Doryferon has not confirmed that.
If I remember I'll take some pic's of what I have from PC WoodCraft (horse and Boar) when I get home tonight. They are ruff around the edges but nothing that would indicate a fracture or hairline cracks.
I made a brush out of a horse knot probably three years ago from PC and it's held up very well, and little shedding

Originally Posted by Trimmy72

Really, you never seen a horse hair knot?
It looks like one to me but Doryferon has not confirmed that.
If I remember I'll take some pic's of what I have from PC WoodCraft (horse and Boar) when I get home tonight. They are ruff around the edges but nothing that would indicate a fracture or hairline cracks.
I made a brush out of a horse knot probably three years ago from PC and it's held up very well, and little shedding

I would never use a horsehair Knot in my handles,I did do one pig tho awhile back

Well, each to their own. But some people like that the animal wasn't harmed - so horse hair

Two left are horse and the other of course is boar.