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Old brushes getting new knots
I have a couple brushes I'm replacing the knots and thought I'd share. There's a short blue and cream Ever-Ready and a black and cream Rubberset 200-3. To get the old knots out I cut the bristles real short with a utility knife and then drilled holes down through the knots. After that I was able to break out chunks and finally clean up the holes with a sanding drum on a dremel.
The short Ever-Ready is going to have a 24mm boar knot. The hole in this brush is made to be 20mm but I wanted a bit bigger, I saw there was room to expand the hole a bit so I went with 24mm. The Rubberset has a 26mm opening so I got a 26mm silver tip badger knot for it.
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I decided on 49mm loft for the badger and 47mm loft for the boar. The Rubberset already had a stop inside the handle and all I needed to do was take about 1mm off the end to get the new knot to sit where I want it. Looking down inside the handle, I see "Made in Canada" on the inside of the cream colored part. And these say "Made in USA" on the outside of the black part (but my letters there are almost worn clean off).
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After enlarging the opening on the Ever-Ready, I cut some Popsicle sticks to fill the bottom and create a stop for the boar knot.
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Then a test fit to make sure the lofts are where I like them.
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I like the feel of a heavier, solid handle so I filled them with epoxy up to level with my stops.
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I'll be able to set the knots in permanently in the next few days as I have time. I'll try to put up some pics of when they are done. These are fun projects to do and seems to be plenty of old handles available. Cheers!
