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03-24-2011, 07:15 PM #1
Ever-Ready 925 first brush restore
Green and Black handle with a Pure Badger knot from the Golden Nib.
As purchased from the antique store with old knot:
The top and bottom were coming apart already so I took them completely apart, cleaned out the old epoxy/hair, and reglued them:
Shot inside a hollow ever-ready:
Then after a hand polish with Flitz and rag:
I used an old wine cork and epoxied it down to the base of the green portion:
then using a dremel and various bits I ground it down to get the correct loft height. *note - a bonus to using a cork is the nice wine smell that you get when you start heating up/cutting down the cork. It was Cabernet if I remember correctly*
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03-24-2011, 07:15 PM #2
then glued the knot in and FIN!
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03-24-2011, 07:26 PM #3
Wow! Great job! I've never seen that done before.
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03-24-2011, 09:09 PM #4
Very nice job, especially for your first brush restore.
I attempted my first brush restore recently, it wasn't nearly as hard or complicated as I thought it was going to be. I acquired an Every-Ready 100 handle and super badger knot from LarryAndros and with a few helpful hits from Larry himself mission accomplished."If You Knew Half of What I Forgot You Would Be An Idiot" - by DoughBoy68
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03-24-2011, 09:17 PM #5
WOW!! Great work to the both of you
Michael
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03-24-2011, 10:23 PM #6
That's beautiful. Congratz. Great work!!!
Out of curiosity, why did you glue the whole cork in and then Dremel it out instead of cutting the cork to size before gluing it in?
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03-24-2011, 10:27 PM #7
Pretty simple, when pushing the cork into the handle it fit all the way inside and would have been very hard to get out again (note the level before cutting).
I could have done the process the way you described it if I were to leave the black/green portions unglued until I was ready to put the entire brush together.
And thanks for the compliments!
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01-08-2012, 05:25 AM #8
What's the purpose of the cork?
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01-08-2012, 08:04 AM #9
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01-08-2012, 11:15 AM #10
Nice work and thanks for posting. I just acquired a few old brushes I wanted to restore, now I know how.
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