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*