Just put some finish on these last night and set them just a minute ago. I couldn't wait to click the cell phone.
The first is a high graded three band silver tip around 24mm in a nice old walnut I removed from my friends front yard. He wanted a longer handle and I hope I accommodated well.



The second is something that I rarely do; I made one of the knots that I set aside for myself. This is around 22mm boar, very high quality. I set this in the same walnut as the other, then I applied a band of rod wrapping thread on either side of the bead. This was just for fun.



If you can't tell I prefer round bottoms on my brushes this keeps them from being dried upside down. Both unfinished.



Finally, both done.