Thread: Knot Sources Pros Cons

Originally Posted by jmercer

That's my question now too. I'm hoping someone will do a tip shot of a real known high end for visual comparison. Those are out of my reach.

That is why I was confused, the 5 silvertip badger brushes all had to some degree both thin fine tipped hairs and thick blunt hairs which were sometimes black. Of the 5, two were three band and three were two band silvertip knots of differing densities. Two were TGN knots, a Simpsons Manchurian, a Muhle Retro which is easily the scratchiest/prickly of all plus most dense of the lot and an SOC 2 band. I guess at that rate none are top notch. Oh the agony of it all. Oth I really like the TGN 2 band and the Simpsons Manchurian so maybe that is all that counts in the end.

Bob

More photos from Victoria brush.

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

More photos from Victoria brush.

From looking at those photos and others in this thread I am starting to wonder if the shape of the knot is formed when the knot is cinched tight by tying it.

Bob

Yes Bob. The bottom of the cup is what profiles the top of the Badger. Victoria uses the same process as Simpson for their higher end brushes. The only difference is Simpson ties the base of their knot where as Victoria puts theirs in a metal ring. Once it's in the metal ring they, they trim any access below the ring and release the tie that's shown in the picture. It then goes into the nail board upside down to dry.

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

Yes Bob. The bottom of the cup is what profiles the top of the Badger. Victoria uses the same process as Simpson for their higher end brushes. The only difference is Simpson ties the base of their knot where as Victoria puts theirs in a metal ring. Once it's in the metal ring they, they trim any access below the ring and release the tie that's shown in the picture. It then goes into the nail board upside down to dry.

OK, I am a slow learner. So the base of the forming cup is domed toward the inside to form the knot. This gives the knot it's shape. High domed is bulb, a lower dome is fan and no dome is a flat profile? Now it's time to take 2 aspirins and go to bed.

Bob