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I chose to make the hole bigger. Ended up moving from a 20mm diameter hole to over 24mm, but it turned out just great. The loft is about 48mm:
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All done. Will...

Nah, it won't go a tad lower unless I really bore out the hole a substantial amount. The hairs really bulge out to the side, right after the disc thing. In the picture I'm giving it a very tight...

I'm working on my brush here. Got a knot from whipped dog. I'd heard good things and it was 10 dollars less when shipping was included - so 24 bucks.

Anyhow, this is my issue now: The little...

Thanks for the pictures. I think I know just what you're talking about now. I'd burn a hole through a pair of tennis shoes in a week or two when I was younger and used "Shoe Goo" a lot. It looked...

I'll take the advise. I was wondering if the shelf was deep enough, but it's not going to be. Going to go ahead and drill it out while the knot is shipping. What am I looking for exactly in terms...

Oh wow, I completely misread 50mm as 5mm at first. Alright, got it, 50mm of brush from the top of the handle, whatever depth takes to get it there. Thanks.

Got it, I think. That would be setting the top of the glue plug thing, where the hairs are first seen at 50mm, correct? Is that about middle of the road?

Yes, I've heard it before and seen the particular camps opine when it comes to preferences of face/bowl lathering and the backbone of the brush, softness, etc. I'm not sure I'm as picky as some yet...

Now that I've got it cleaned out and know it's about 7mm deep and 20mm diameter, I found this knot: 20mm Silvertip Grade A [20-STA] - $27.95 : Fountain Pen parts - NIBS, - Wholesale Fountain Pen Ink...

I tried twisting the knot loose, but it turns out the cracking I heard was the hairs and not glue. This is where I'm at and will now have to drill out somehow:
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Thanks for showing me the brush subforum. I really enjoyed looking through the razor forging/restore subforums in the past and this looks like the equivalent. And, glad you are still keeping busy...

Sounds like a great tip. No vise here but have vise-grips that should do the same sort of thing.

I got my grandfather's Ever-Ready shaving brush. It probably lost 30 hairs when I used it and didn't exactly compare to my synthetic. So, I think I'm going to read through some tutorials and replace...