Thread: Third Restore: Ever Ready 100

I don't have any black paint to fill in the lettering. It actually looks like it might have been gold, anyway. Not certain I will even worry about it. It is still quite legible, and I think I might be of a mind to let it be, like the patina on the white piece. Not certain, yet.

Alright, according to my measurements, from the bottom of the glue plug to the tip of the hairs my knot is 64mm in height. I have been playing around with a damp knot at various heights in the handle, and 47mm looks like my sweet spot for this one.
Anyone know if I can just wipe the handle dry with tissue, wipe the epoxy plug dry and go ahead and set the knot, or do I need to wait for the knot to thoroughly dry first?

BTW, anyone notice it looks like the bottom of this brush is stamped "IRREG"? I assume that means "Irregular", though I can't find a thing wrong with it.

Nevermind the "IRREG", big up to your project. It looks like its coming along nicely.

Originally Posted by Siguy

Nevermind the "IRREG", big up to your project. It looks like its coming along nicely.

Thanks! And the "irregularity", whatever it is, is not an issue. The handle is beautiful.

I think "irregular" has been sorted. GDCarrington pointed out that the original knot was not set straight in the brush. If you look at the first pic in this thread, it appears he is correct. Good thing I'm re knotting.

Ready for epoxy.



The three pieces of wooden dowel will be used as filler.
Like this.



I will fill the bottom half of the handle halfway with epoxy, insert the filler wood, and join the two parts of the handle together. Then I'll finish filling until I reach a level about 18mm below the top of the handle(46mm loft). This should allow for a bit of squeeze out around the plug , and put me (hopefully) right at 47mm loft once I go to set the knot.
I'll let the epoxy in the handle set up good before I do that.

I set the knot. It is curing right now. Loft ended up at 48mm. I was shooting for 47mm, but I don't think 1mm will make a dime's worth of difference in performance.



I will most likely shave with it tomorrow evening, and post up a post bloom pic. Thank you all for watching.