Thread: Badger virgin seeks to get badgerized -- need advice on handles

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Is going to be interesting finding a proper loft for a knot that tall,keep us posted

Here ya go...

It took quite a while to get around to taking the time to figure out the loft and to get a handle turned, but it finally came together today. Handle is bocote (love the grain of that wood!) finished with CA. I finally decided to set the hole at 22mm, so I guess that gives this beastie a loft somewhere around 61mm. Here are a few pics. The last one is just for scale, set beside a 24mm silvertip. I like big handles (partly for ergonomics, but also I like the way they work for getting down into my scuttle), so without that 24mm I didn't think it looked as big as it is in the pics.







And the most important question: it lathers like CRAZY! It still has a serious case of badger funk, but wow, does it ever work well.