Thread: TGN High Mountain White Adventure

Since Pixelfixed mentioned the Golden Nib's 24mm High Mountain White knot, I bought two of them and decided to make one for me. I finally got back in town from work and had time to make a brush handle for it. It's expensive, so I wanted to make the best handle to suit it. I've always loved the look of eucalyptus burl, so that was the material. I personally like simple, so it wasn't going to be laminated. 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. I decided to fill the voids of the eucalyptus with epoxy then turn it again to flush up the epoxy. I put three coats of Waterlox Original as the base layer. I then added a thick coat of Waterlox Hi-Gloss and wet sanded it in with the Waterlox Original after it cured for 24 hours. I repeated the last steps about 6 times before ending with a wetsanding regime at 2000 grit which produced the rubbed out finish look below. I set the knot to 17mm deep with as tight an opening as I could produce to create as much "backbone" as possible.

The knot is definitely super soft and the burl, my branding, and the finish luckily worked out very well to make a handle suited to hold the soft knot.

Very nice. Well done!

Fine looking brush and I can see where that handle profile would be very comfortable in the hand. Well worth the effort I'd say.

Bob

That is fantastic,love the shape and the wood,great work

Those are neat. Does the wood have the typical Eucalyptus scent?

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Those are neat. Does the wood have the typical Eucalyptus scent?

Once it's dry, you won't notice it unless someone told you it was eucalyptus and you smelled for it. I like the look of it and the idea of using a brush with a handle from the same tree as the scent of the cream I'm using.

Very handsomely done.

The shape of that handle is awesome! What a great looking brush.

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

The shape of that handle is awesome! What a great looking brush.

Thank you! When I made it originally, I thought it looked like an onion...not so sure that one fits the best though.

That's a very handsome brush and it seems it would be easy to grip. Outstanding workmanship.