Thread: Special Order-African Blackwood

If the material is free,Than thats the best material for sure,I just have never been a fan of it,I find it to be soft and pithy.
Ebony I like because it needs no finish,Run it to 800 grit,polish with rottenstone and oil,a coat of ren-wax and it shines forever. love the brush.looks great.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

If the material is free,Than thats the best material for sure,I just have never been a fan of it,I find it to be soft and pithy.
Ebony I like because it needs no finish,Run it to 800 grit,polish with rottenstone and oil,a coat of ren-wax and it shines forever. love the brush.looks great.

I have never found African blackwood to be soft or pithy. It has always been very dense and oily. I would compare it directly to many ebonies that I have worked. The waste of this wood even took a high sheen as I was playing with it on the lathe. If my foot feels a little better later this week, I will find the waste block and sand it out and buff it to show you.

pixelfixed
is that your collection on the picture? Your production?

deighaingeal
great job! I love your work.

Yes,I turn them all.

Nice collection, not my style or handle size but still nice work. I guess everyone has different preferences and size of the hand. I prefer bigger brushes as they better fit in my hand and with "double stage" handle.

Ok, time for a little background on this brush!

It’s this years’ Christmas present for my son! Last here I gave him custom scales that Glen made to order, the year before was an 8/8 Friodur.

The African Blackwood was a gift from my good friend pinklather. I gave deighaingeal total artistic control, right down to the choice of brush size! I’m glad that I did as it looks gorgeous! I can’t wait to see it first hand!

This is a very special Christmas as it’s the last Christmas I will be able to share with my son for probably quite some time to come as he’s enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corp and is scheduled to ship out the 11th of March. He will turn 20 in boot camp.

Again Gerrit did a wonderful job just as I knew he would and I thank him!

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Ok, time for a little background on this brush!

It’s this years’ Christmas present for my son! Last here I gave him custom scales that Glen made to order, the year before was an 8/8 Friodur.

The African Blackwood was a gift from my good friend pinklather. I gave deighaingeal total artistic control, right down to the choice of brush size! I’m glad that I did as it looks gorgeous! I can’t wait to see it first hand!

This is a very special Christmas as it’s the last Christmas I will be able to share with my son for probably quite some time to come as he’s enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corp and is scheduled to ship out the 11th of March. He will turn 20 in boot camp.

Again Gerrit did a wonderful job just as I knew he would and I thank him!

Congrats to your son he will make a great marine and he will love that amazing brush. You sir are a amazing father to Connor he is very lucky to have you in his life

Your son will charish the brush forever,great gift for sure.Interesting about the change in ebony,perhaps it is being cut and exported to soon.
Is now sort of a black market item and will shortly be banned for sale in the U.S.
The ebony I have is at least 40 yrs old,Bought two large planks from a piano resto place In San Francisco in the 70s.