My First Brush

[engine46]

Here is the first brush I ever made. I bought the 5.5" Elk Antler with Chrysocolla end cap on eBay as a knife handle & cut it in half. I drilled a hole in it for the 24mm silvertip badger knot. The handle is 57mm with a 55mm loft, total length 112mm. Once I get my lathe over here from my mothers house, I will be able to make my own handles.

[ScoutHikerDad]

Nice work Engine-Let's see it again after it blooms!

[Hirlau]

I love antler brushes,,,,,,,,

[engine46]

I love antler brushes,,,,,,,,

Thanks Hirlau, I love antler brushes too so I do't think I'll ever stop buying the antlers on eBay once I get my lathe here. I have another piece of antler I'm hoping to make a brush with a 28mm knot. I'm waiting on the knots for now.

[guitstik]

Can I see another disorder on the horizon? Looks good, I can tell you from experience, antler is NOT easy to work with.

[engine46]

Can I see another disorder on the horizon? Looks good, I can tell you from experience, antler is NOT easy to work with.

It wasn't. The inner portion of the antler is soft so when I used the forester bit, it kept trying to walk in the center until the outer cutters started cutting.

[OCDshaver]

I love antler brushes,,,,,,,,

Couldn't agree more.

[engine46]

Couldn't agree more.

It was hard for me to drill the knot hole in it because the center was soft & the center point on the forester bit tried walking on me so now I have another piece of elk antler that is slightly larger, so I got a 28mm forester bit with a couple 28mm silvertip badger brush knots & I used some CA on the honeycomb of the antler this time & I'm waiting for it to set up & will apply more. I'll do that a few times so that the center gets harder so the bit won't walk on me this time because I will barely have enough room to drill my hole.

[celticcrusader]

Looks lovely Steve great work.

[engine46]

Nice work Engine-Let's see it again after it blooms!

Thanks! I have a metal cutting lathe at my mothers house I need to get over here. Some people on the four already know about my lathe. I'm waiting to get on disability & once that happens, I'll get it over here. I almost bought a wood lathe but some members on here said I could use a metal cutting lathe because they do the same thing so I'd rather do that & cut down on space. I can use it for cutting metal & wood.