Thread: Vie-Long Horsehair Brushes

Tom - you gotta stop taking those sneaky pics of my dear mother-in-law... )

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

Tom - you gotta stop taking those sneaky pics of my dear mother-in-law... )

Now, Now, Neil! You know if she left, you could possibly miss her!

My, what a short memory you have - you know full well that I have already missed her once.

Now, with that new laser sight I got for my rifle, that's not going to happen again!

Originally Posted by BeeManFOREVER

Dont soak it in anything! Seriously. It took five shaves for it to smell like momma bears. Until then it smelled sweet like fresh hay. Dont let some city boy convince you horse hair smells bad! Its not like those smelly badgers.

Well, I will get it wet and pass it under my nose as I get it!

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

My, what a short memory you have - you know full well that I have already missed her once.

Now, with that new laser sight I got for my rifle, that's not going to happen again!

Say, old boy! Is that quite sporting?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

... Say, old boy! Is that quite sporting?

Sporting? For shape-shifters?

Well, mine arrived! Feels nice, have not done the wet test yet, but as Bman said, it smells like hay!

The city-slicker Tarkus assured me that hay smell would turn to horses-ass as it got wet, so I soaked it in a coffee cup with 2 teaspoons of Oxyclean for an hour last nite. Brush totally dry this morning and looks great! Water was a bit murky!
Ready to roll!

[QUOTE=sharptonn;1364349]Well, mine arrived! Feels nice, have not done the wet test yet, but as Bman said, it smells like hay!

Yeah they either smell like fresh hay or used hay :<0) I have been studying up on horse hair knots and I have 2 old duck brushes now I believe are horse. Both ends of the spectrum as far as size. An M1 and the M5 in the other pic. The M5 is a wet mop but great for painting on and whipping cream. The little guy pulls lather off a Mama Bear puck just fine. Both are softer than anything. No mane hair at all. Old enough that they don't smell like the part that jumped over the fence last. I have another vintage that is all mane and will never try it. Small dia. knot, tall and bends as easy as re-bar. Would scrap paint off a car hood. A small mix of mane with tail would be the best I think. Especially if the mane was set lower that the soft tail hair. I have to find some new knots in horse to try out the mixes in the modern Horse hair.

It is a very good idea to thoroughly clean any brush knot before you use it. And having had horses in my back yard for many many years I can say I miss the smells but not when I am trying to clean myself up.