Thread: Well, fancy that

Look up... Snarling irons on the web..
A way to hammer the inside of a meal object. An iron, home made, a vise, and a hammer, will do the job. May take a while to get the idea but, I have used and taught the technique. You should have no trouble.
~Richard

Man! The right guy got that!

Looking good, Mike!

Curious.. Why do you think chalk?
Could it be old adhesive?

It IS from 1985??

It's chalk, or calcium for sure. Not adhesive.
All I can guess is for mass behind the Sterling to reduce denting maybe, or make it feel more solid up top. It is drawn or hammered very thin and took quite the skill.
I'm afraid to dent it worse so will be googling snarling irons, thanks Richard.
And thanks for the cool brush project Tom!

Got all of it away from behind the largest dent now.

Note the chalk like residue.
Cheers
Course maybe the chalk is to prevent buckling while they roll the silver, like filling a brake line with sand to prevent it from kinking when you are bending it..

Betcha it is drywall mud, spackling, "caulk'! The old guy who made it may have been using some older techniques as well? Great that it should be easy to remove and deal with those dings.
Gonna be nice, that!

Looks great Mike!
That is going to be one classy looking brush.

Sharpton beat me to it, That's what I thought too when you said chalk. Would be perfect to fill a void, add weight and cheap as can be.

That is going to be sweet!! Shavemac huh Im seeing a pattern here

This plaster like material inside the brush looks like what they used back then to set sharpening stones to wooden boxes. Many seem to think that it was plaster but the traditional way was a mixture of whiting and raw linseed oil that becomes hard like a glaziers putty.

Richard, snarling iron worked the treat and made perfect sense from an energy transfer perspective.

Turned an ikea Allen key into my iron. Filed the head to the profile I wanted for the inner striking face. Clamped everything down tight and used as much metal mass as I had handy.

Nothing really happened until I figured out how to strike and pull back the hammer with minimal strike contact, above where the key clamps into the vice. I knew it by the ringing sound when I hit clean and the energy was transferring to the tip.
Once I figured that out, the rest was straight forward and I proceeded to chase most of the dents away.

This is a shot straight at where the worst dent used to be. Almost completely gone!
Awesome technique I would have never known about were it not for Richard and his experiences, and willingness to share relevant snippets from a significant database of life skills.
The 'real world' should really take tips on how men should interact from the pages of SRP.
Thanks gents.

It also required a man willing to think outside the box and try it. Be well and prosper!
~Richard

Got a tracking note from Germany, seems the two bands have already shipped! Much faster than my last order I'm happy to say so I moved along on this brush and refilled the head with devcon liquid metal epoxy to ensure the head has some strength to it.
Smoothed it out with a finger while the epoxy set up and squished it right tight against the inside of the entire upper area. I can Dremel it out clean once fully cured in a day or so.

So since I couldn't do much else, I shone it up some with never dull.

Hopefully next week I'll be able to say I have a new favorite brush. And certainly a lovely photo op for SOTD before I send a certain Sterling clad Elliot razor on to finer beards than mine..
Cheers men.

Got my Shavemac order today and test fit the silver handle with its new two band 23 x 52 mm knot.
Here beside a walleyeman getting a 23 x 48 double density two band upgrade as well.

Can't wait to get these set up and cured..
Cheers..