Removing a knot from a new Omega beech handle.

Thought I'd make a vid on how to easily and quickly remove a good quality boar knot from a beech wood handled Omega shaving brush.
These brushes can be found locally here in Canada for around $18 Canadian at most Shoppers drug mart. But, if you wait until they go on sale they can be had for around $15. These boar knots are excellent quality and are far better than most of the Chinese made ones you would get from Ebay or TGN. This method is pretty crude, but effective with tools that everyone has.

**This method can only be used for the wooden handled brushes.**


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_OhaeMcq1I

Damn that is easy!
Thanks for posting it, and props to your missez for filming it so well.
Going to have to try a boar brush after all I think!

As you say crude but effective! :)

I thought you were chucking the boar , and saving the handle ...until the first whack hahaa

Its early here

I laughed when she zoomed in on your fingers with the hacksaw. Silently saying "you see what I deal with?!"

Thanks for posting!

now i need to get a passport so i can go to Canada and get one of those!

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Originally Posted by tintin

now i need to get a passport so i can go to Canada and get one of those!

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No wooden beech handled Omegas locally?

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Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

No wooden beech handled Omegas locally?

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never seen anything but VDH at Wal-Mart, can't say i've seen any kind of brush any where else. maybe i should look harder.

..........https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h9ndJLlXpE

any experience with the plastic handled ones? they are a lot cheaper(found some on Wal Mart.com) for 12.99. wouldn't mind ruining one of those. i the knot the same?

Ya pretty sure its the same knot. Depending on what tools you have access to, it can be quite easy to remove them.

Band saw and a bench sander,

Cut through the handle an inch below the top, sand the cut end away until you see the knot. Then cut through the side wall very carefully so you don't get into the knot. Put it in a vice and go at it with a flat tip screw driver, breaking away the side wall until the entire knot comes out.

Here's a link where I did a Thater. http://straightrazorpalace.com/brush...ed-thater.html