Thread: Making a Shaving Brush

Hi Group,

I just received a silver tip badger knot from Golden Nib and am getting ready to make my first brush.

Has anyone here made their own brush, and if so, can you tell me how to determine the diameter and depth of hole to drill in the handle?

Thanks in advance.

David

Just curious which knot you went with from TGN, I just received an old brush handle in the mail I plan on drilling out and replacing the knot.

The diameter to use is the diameter of the knot itself. You want that to be as tight a fit as possible. Use marine grade epoxy to secure since you don't have air or UV to cure it. The depth depends on how much loft you want; The deeper the more dense the brush will be.

I used a 24mm knot here: http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...ned-brush.html
I set the knot within half a centimeter of the edge and got a more relaxed loft on it.

Originally Posted by claytor

The diameter to use is the diameter of the knot itself. You want that to be as tight a fit as possible. Use marine grade epoxy to secure since you don't have air or UV to cure it. The depth depends on how much loft you want; The deeper the more dense the brush will be.

I used a 24mm knot here: http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...ned-brush.html
I set the knot within half a centimeter of the edge and got a more relaxed loft on it.

claytor,

When you say the diameter of the knot itself, do you mean the base, or somewhere up the tapered part?

So in the pic below, my terminology is the base is the brown/tan part holding the bristles together. That for my knot is a 26mm.

Thanks for the information.

David

I have drilled undersize and with a little whittling and a bit of filing on the base created a very tight friction fit with two brushes I made. This way there is no glue squeezing out which looks just awful imho.

I determined the size bit by direct comparison eyeballing

Originally Posted by kevint

I have drilled undersize and with a little whittling and a bit of filing on the base created a very tight friction fit with two brushes I made. This way there is no glue squeezing out which looks just awful imho.

I determined the size bit by direct comparison eyeballing

Ok, I'm with you so far, but how far up the knot beyond the base do you sink it into the handle. Some of the pics I saw on The Golden Nib website show a handle hole diameter that looks quite a bit bigger than the knot base being sunk into it.

I've made a few... what knot did you get (usually have to drill out 1 or 2mm plus or minus the knot size as they are not exact), and what do you have in mind for the handle, and how firm do you want your brush to be (this will affect your knot hole and depth).

Originally Posted by timmy

Just curious which knot you went with from TGN, I just received an old brush handle in the mail I plan on drilling out and replacing the knot.

Hi timmy,

I bought a 26mm silvertip badger knot.

David

Originally Posted by Alembic

Hi Group,

I just received a silver tip badger knot from Golden Nib and am getting ready to make my first brush.

Has anyone here made their own brush, and if so, can you tell me how to determine the diameter and depth of hole to drill in the handle?

Thanks in advance.

David

Nice.
Whats the websites, where you buy knots without handles?

Originally Posted by The_Pastor

Nice.
Whats the websites, where you buy knots without handles?

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