Thread: Knot makers please pm

Originally Posted by engine46

pixelfixed

Now THAT's a brush.....................for Goliath!

or a billy goat wanting to get rid of his beard

I'd like to give making my own knot a shot. Maybe get some samples of badger bunches from Alibaba and have at er.

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

I'd like to give making my own knot a shot. Maybe get some samples of badger bunches from Alibaba and have at er.

Let us know how it comes out Harry!

Originally Posted by Phrank

A great mixed badger/boar knot can be found in the Vulfix 404 mixed "Grosvenor" brush, is an interesting brush, but as mentioned by another member, seems to be the worst of both worlds. Personally, I didn't mind it, but is fun to use simply to change things up. Mixed hair brushes seem hard to do very well IMO....

I did not care for the Grosvenor brush at all, but the Semogue Mistura, also a mixed badger/boar is awesome and remains one of my favorite brushes. For that reason alone, I believe that it is possible to make a mixed hair brush that works well and it is a lofty (semi-inadvertant pun) goal.

Originally Posted by Utopian

I did not care for the Grosvenor brush at all, but the Semogue Mistura, also a mixed badger/boar is awesome and remains one of my favorite brushes. For that reason alone, I believe that it is possible to make a mixed hair brush that works well and it is a lofty (semi-inadvertant pun) goal.

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Thanks Utopian...always good to have something else to try! Semogue Mistura added to this list!

I cannot imagine 'tying' a knot. Anyone have a video on how it is done? I suppose modern ones are bundled somehow and the plug is injected in somehow. Has to be super tight, I would think.

Here you go. Straight from the Simpson factory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vH3zx1a9R4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEV_68ldTz8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZziZnOCBdLQ

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I cannot imagine 'tying' a knot. Anyone have a video on how it is done? I suppose modern ones are bundled somehow and the plug is injected in somehow. Has to be super tight, I would think.

Tom, I knew they were bundled together & if you buy the knots only they are glued to the size knot hole they are made for but in the video's Harry sent, it looks like they are gluing them together then the last one shows her gluing them in the handles. TGN has probably the finest knots you can buy but they are pricey!

Interesting, Andrew! That glue they use must be quite slow-drying. Hard to imagine accomplishing that without getting the glue everywhere.
Expert work!

Originally Posted by engine46

Tom, I knew they were bundled together & if you buy the knots only they are glued to the size knot hole they are made for but in the video's Harry sent, it looks like they are gluing them together then the last one shows her gluing them in the handles. TGN has probably the finest knots you can buy but they are pricey!

about 7 yrs ago you could buy knots from simpson,but no more,you think TGN knots are expensive? not by a long shot.