Thread: A brush I made

Wow. thats looks real great Well don mister. love it.

Would you mind sharing how you made it? It's gorgeous!

There was a behind the scenes look at Rae Morris' brushes (she had them made in a factory in China), but it seems to be off Youtube now.

The knot I bought from Golden nib. The bull horn I had found at a flea market eons ago. I cut the tips of the horn off to reserve them for pipe tampers and then the middle chunk of the horn I reshaped into a point on a disc sander that is designed for making tobacco pipes. The wood was scrap pieces from some African Pear wood hardwood flooring I had laying around. The African Pear wood was 6 inches wide by 3/4 so I cut a 2in circle out and chucked it up I'm my metal lathe. I drilled a 1in hole and opened it up to 30mm. Removed it from the lathe and mixed up some two part marine epoxy and glued it the horn. Once it was dry I again shaped it on the purpose built disc sander and finished it by hand sanding at 220,340,600 ,1000. I the took pure hard carnauba wax and loaded my buffer again that I use for buffing tobacco pipes and gave it a heavy coat then buffed shiny. Realizing that with it being so smooth that it would slip from a wet hand I cut a groove using a dremel with a flex shaft fitted with a 1/2 in sanding drum. Again sanded to 1000 and rebuffed. I used the same epoxy to glue in the knot. Let it dry and there you have it.

That wins the award for originality.

Thanks for the detailed explaination! I might try to make my own sometime...

Thanks. The razor stand you see behind my last pics of the brush is made out of the same wood. Instead of horn I used deer antler medallions with shaped holes to hold the straight razors upright and a long piece of antler with a piece of the wood on the end to hold the brush.

Great work on both the brush and the stand!

that has to be one on the MANLIEST brushes i have ever seen!!!!! i'm in love!

Originally Posted by Tsunami

I know it's not everyone's cup of lather per-say but it fits my enormous hands

I LOVE BIG BRUSH HANDLES! The just fit my hand better, coupled up with a big badger knot then its my perfect brush! I just cant do those puny little brush handles.. You sir are truly awesome for thinking of sing a horn for a handle and keeping it in its true form! I applaud you.

Originally Posted by vvti713

I LOVE BIG BRUSH HANDLES! The just fit my hand better, coupled up with a big badger knot then its my perfect brush! I just cant do those puny little brush handles.. You sir are truly awesome for thinking of sing a horn for a handle and keeping it in its true form! I applaud you.

Thanks for the compliment!! Someone suggested I start making and selling them. I just started another in a 26mm knot.