Thread: A couple black Badgers.

Here's 2 black badgers I just got done. The lighter colored handle is spalted lilac and the second is crotch walnut. Both have amazing grain figuring which really pops with the gloss polyurethane finish I sprayed on. The badger knots are Lee Valley 20mm set at a 53mm loft. These are nice little brushes.

Nice work. That's an especially nice piece of walnut, and I've never seen lilac turned before. Did you harvest it yourself? I really like black badger. My two favorite brushes are a black badger, set at 46mm, and a silver tip, also at 46. Opposite ends of the softness spectrum. Go figure.

Not a fan of black badger,but the handles look great

Originally Posted by skipnord

Nice work. That's an especially nice piece of walnut, and I've never seen lilac turned before. Did you harvest it yourself? I really like black badger. My two favorite brushes are a black badger, set at 46mm, and a silver tip, also at 46. Opposite ends of the softness spectrum. Go figure.

Pops cut a lilac tree down many years ago and hung onto some of the nicer sized pieces. He's used most of it up but I got a hold of some before it was all gone.

Very Nice !!!!

Very nice work indeed.

Boy do i love black badger hair (gave my only one away to get a friend started). Those handles are both wonderful, i have to get back to my lathe at some point

Very nice work! The crotch walnut grain looks superb! Enjoy!

I love the spalted lilac... generally I like dark wood but you are right, those spalted woods just pop!

Two very nice pieces of wood, and just as nice looking brushes, it's hard to say which I like the most. But for my style of face lathering I would require a loft of 45mm with that 20mm knot.

Jamie