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    I love Burls....... and Acrylic HARRYWALLY's Avatar
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    My saving grace.

    G1, G2 Epoxy - Lee Valley Tools

    The G2 is what I used and is great stuff for exotic woods.
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    Andrew already knows my level of appreciation via email. I may have designed the brush, but Andrews abilities, tho put to the test, are what made it reality. After having received and enjoyed his "mistake" brush that I named Mabel (don't ask me why, I'm not prone to naming inanimate objects) and enjoying it, it occurred to me that Mabel needed a relative. The design is not based on anything other than I wanted a smaller knot, a long handle and a block to keep the lather from climbing the handle. And of course, not being a KISS type all the time, I decided that Rudy needed to be distinctive and noteworthy. It was an aha! moment on the decision to see four woods and a non wood combined in the brush. I don't think I would have asked Andrew to pursue it's construction if I felt that he didn't have the technical capabilities to do so. I did give him an out if it was not feasible, just do the shape in one wood. I am more than glad he took the challenge, ran with it and crossed the finish line with an outstanding result. Poor little Rudy is going to get quite the workout over the next several months. I may have to keep him and Mabel isolated from my other brushes to avoid domestic violence in the shaving family.
    "The sharpening stones from time to time provide officers with gasoline."

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    very nice work
    makes the Str8 restos loos easy LOL
    I love the photo with the wet look that shows all the grain in the wood & horn the best like a highly polished glass coat JMO
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    I thought it looked as an armature of an electric motor! No brush has as many parts! Neat, hard work!
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    I rest my case.

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    Amazing!
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    Not my cup of tea, but the workmanship is the best of the best,fantastic
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    That certainly was a lot of effort. Your craftsmanship really shines!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Razorfeld View Post
    Andrew already knows my level of appreciation via email. I may have designed the brush, but Andrews abilities, tho put to the test, are what made it reality. After having received and enjoyed his "mistake" brush that I named Mabel (don't ask me why, I'm not prone to naming inanimate objects) and enjoying it, it occurred to me that Mabel needed a relative. The design is not based on anything other than I wanted a smaller knot, a long handle and a block to keep the lather from climbing the handle. And of course, not being a KISS type all the time, I decided that Rudy needed to be distinctive and noteworthy. It was an aha! moment on the decision to see four woods and a non wood combined in the brush. I don't think I would have asked Andrew to pursue it's construction if I felt that he didn't have the technical capabilities to do so. I did give him an out if it was not feasible, just do the shape in one wood. I am more than glad he took the challenge, ran with it and crossed the finish line with an outstanding result. Poor little Rudy is going to get quite the workout over the next several months. I may have to keep him and Mabel isolated from my other brushes to avoid domestic violence in the shaving family.
    I wondered where the idea for the profile came from.
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    Quote Originally Posted by irish19 View Post
    I wondered where the idea for the profile came from.
    Out of the dark corners of my mind. As an artist I play with shapes and color constantly and it slowly emerges into a recognizable shape (or what ever the focus of the work is at that time, a drawing, a fabric wall hanging or sometimes dinner).

    It arrived today and with the first holding of it I knew, for me, that I had designed correctly. I love the length. That, and the horn bulge add just the right weight that will result in less exertion of force to whip up a good lather. Tomorrow's shave will prove my theory.
    "The sharpening stones from time to time provide officers with gasoline."

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    Andrew that is an amazing piece of work! If I had done this it would have grenaded on the lathe, all 27 pieces would have had to have been surgically removed LOL -
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