Thread: TGN High Mountain White Adventure

That brush is way nice!! Great job!

Great job! What are your thoughts about the knot? I'm thinking about trying it out in a custom handle and am trying to find more information about it.

Originally Posted by AABCDS

Great job! What are your thoughts about the knot? I'm thinking about trying it out in a custom handle and am trying to find more information about it.

I love the knot. I'd personally set the knot another 2mm down to add some more backbone to it. It's definitely the softest one I've gotten from them. I like his 24mm 2 band badger the best followed by this one merely because I prefer something a little stiffer.

Do you remember what loft depth you set this one at? I'm going to be putting together a brush soon with the exact same knot and would love some input from someone who has some experience with it. Right now Im thinking 48mm might be the depth I want.

Also, How do you like the waterlox as a finish on it? I can get it at my exotic wood supplier, but as you know, its not cheap. ( $45 for a quart here.) Is it any better than a danish oil or, what I'm using now, Marine teakwood oil from Deft.

I like the onion shape and the way that eucalyptus pattern come through the finish! Great job!

Originally Posted by K37

I stumbled across the "onion" shape while messing around with 2x4 sraps and loved the proportion of it and the performance on previous brushes...so this was going to be the handle shape for the HMW. I love the look of a hand rubbed tung oil finish, but I wanted something more waterproof.
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I set the knot to 17mm deep with as tight an opening as I could produce to create as much "backbone" as possible.

Really a GREAT job.
This is a jewel-beautiful brush.

Very nice! Looks like it would be comfortable to hold. I'm impressed with the amount of work you did on the finish...it certainly shows!

Great looking brush!

Interesting shape. Beautiful work. Nicely done!! You have put a great deal of effort and thought into your work !
Awesome!!

Ray

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

Do you remember what loft depth you set this one at? I'm going to be putting together a brush soon with the exact same knot and would love some input from someone who has some experience with it. Right now Im thinking 48mm might be the depth I want.

Also, How do you like the waterlox as a finish on it? I can get it at my exotic wood supplier, but as you know, its not cheap. ( $45 for a quart here.) Is it any better than a danish oil or, what I'm using now, Marine teakwood oil from Deft.

I originally set it to 17mm deep. I'd go 19-20 to get a little more backbone...it works just fine for me, I just can't scrub like I do with some others I've made. The Waterlox finish works awesome; however, I already had it for other woodworking project finishing. I wouldn't buy anything special, just a good finish in itself. I don't like thick coats of polyurethane here because it looks unnatural to me when I brush it out, even good stuff I use on other woodworking projects.