Thread: Been making some brushes...

I restored two more brushes

Here they are.











Made Rite with clear (Lucite?) bottom half of the handle with TGN synthetic.

I hope you enjoy them!

I made three more brushes from Dymondwood material. I really love this stuff. It is water-proof to begin with, but takes polyurethane very well, so I think it is as good as resin as far as water is concerned. Perfect material for brush handles. And very beautiful.

Enjoy!

I made this for my inventory. This one is from the butterscotch pearl resin blank. Amazingly beautiful material. Photos do not do the justice to the way the light plays with this stuff. This is a small travel size brush. The knot came out to 21mm, loft 44mm. The setting is just about perfect after a test shave. The lather release and flow through are perfect. As much as I love my Wee Scot, I think this brush is way better and only ever so slightly larger.

Here she is:

I have restored three brushes by commission.

Here they are.

An unknown English resin handle with two band finest and Ever Ready 100T with two band finest.




Here is a huge resin butterscotch handle of unknown origin, but boy, is it an amazing brush! 26mm two band finest.



Here it is next to a Gillette Big Fellow (a large razor)



Hope you enjoy them.

Beautiful work!

Wow that butterscotch is awesome!
Also on the fist page the one fourth from the bottom, kind of cherry colored?
What material is that? Also think that one is great!

Originally Posted by ADG638

Wow that butterscotch is awesome!
Also on the fist page the one fourth from the bottom, kind of cherry colored?
What material is that? Also think that one is great!

Thank you. The one you are asking about is some sort of exotic red wood that I had a few scraps of. It is actually made of several pieces laminated and the whole thing is finishes with 2 ton epoxy. The shiny glass-like finish you see is epoxy. It was an experiment which worked out great. I have never encountered a tougher finish. I simply painted on the epoxy (2 hour working time helped) and let it cure. Very good clear thick finish. This is one of my favorite brushes. The shape is very comfortable to use if not the most intricate to look at.

It's been a bit slow in my brush making shop, but I did get another vintage celluloid handle restored. This one is and is Kelly Green. It looks stunning with a black two band finest knot in it.

Here it is:









The dimensions are:

Handle: 61mm
loft: 49mm
Knot: 23mm

This one is a beauty. It did have some radial cracks near the knot hole, which I had to fill from inside and out. Inside I used JB-Weld and on the outside I filled the cracks with CA and then sanded smooth to a high gloss. The cracks are visible, but are completely filled and are one with the rest of the surface of the brush. The rest of the handle was in excellent shape. I really wanted to save this one because it is an old style celluloid handle of very good ergonomic design. These are hard to find in the wild.

Well done.
All are fine brushes, made and restored!!

Ray

I got a few more brushes in the works for restoration and re-knotting.
I gave it my signature E-R hourglass handle treatment. Eased the sharp corners at the top and bottom, smooth the seam between the two sections so it feels like a single piece of plastic, added weight into the hollow of the handle. This one received a synthetic knot from Whipped Dog. It's about 26mm the way I set it.