Wood hardener also works - there's a UK brush maker (notsharp) who sent me some antler to make scales with and I know he uses it. It does darken the honeycomb but you're not going to see that anyway.
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Wood hardener also works - there's a UK brush maker (notsharp) who sent me some antler to make scales with and I know he uses it. It does darken the honeycomb but you're not going to see that anyway.
I used a transparent 5 minute epoxy to glue the knot in. I was referring to guitstik's comment on how difficult it is to work with antler. When I first used the forester bit on it, the center point tried walking on me so next time I figured if I use CA in the core of the antler where it is soft & let it set up in time, it should drill more on center. I was still able to get it to drill by holding it with some channellocks I have with heat shrink on the jaws to keep from scratching it up.
Sorry Harry, I misunderstood you.
Well I shaved last night & used my new home made brush & it bloomed like a certain kind of cactus I've seen before but I can't remember the name of it. It is very much different than when I first made it. It felt good on my face & had plenty of backbone. Hope ya like it. The first pic of course is a before pic & the two others are after pics.:rock:
Nicely done!
That looks great. Nicely done
Wow! That's an awesome bloom on that brush. Great job! :beer1:
That thing bloomed like crazy! Nice work!