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yes i soak the brush, yes the handle gets wet. i put some standard varnish on it. not too worried, purpleheart is so dense it'll never absorb water

what do you mean by loft?

outstanding!

it's amazing Shavemac is still in business, eh?

worked very well for me, no complaints, and i've made two of 'em thus far. dewey has the third handle and will no doubt be using the same thing.

i don't doubt that there are better adhesives, but...

beautiful! snakewood?

damn, that's a good looking handle!

um...

24mm. the knot size is usually the diameter of the base. if in doubt, measure it.

JB weld, as per dewey's suggestion.

ok, here is the guy's website. he posts on a bunch of fountain pen forums, and sometimes badger and blade.

http://www.turchetta.com/goldennib/brushes.htm

Review of how the bristles performed:

In short, wonderfully. The softest, most luxurious brush I've used. As I said in a previous post, the size, loft and density of these bristles rivals some...

ok, here are the pix of the brushes as they are being finished, and the one that I wound up putting the bristles in. To fully appreciate the massive size of the brush, my clever brush holding jig is...

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