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Thread: What are you working on?
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05-03-2025, 01:32 AM #20591
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05-03-2025, 02:28 AM #20592
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Thanked: 58I soak every brush briefly before using. Usually rinse under hot water to wet thoroughly then fill the mug that contains my soap and set the brush in it for about a minute.
I found that soaking in the mug with the soap makes the badger retain more water. Surface tension of the water I suppose - don't really know but when I'm ready to use it and hold it upside down to drain off the extra water I get a much longer steady stream of water than if it were in hot water alone without soap.
Does boar need to soak for a significantly longer time?
During some of the break in when soaking in cold water for 24hrs the bristles are certainly more saturated (as they should be) but when held up to drain off excess they still do not hold as much as a badger with a quick soak.
Its soaking again for another break in and toweling tomorrow but when it dries I will give it a go with a longer hot water soak before shaving and see if that helps.
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05-03-2025, 02:28 PM #20593
Again, preference is key. You don't have to soak any of them but if you want it softer then yes. I've only used one or two badger brushes but even without soaking they were too soft for my taste.
Stiffer brush, longer to soften. Think about how long a piece of horn has to soak to get soft compared to your fingernails.Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend. PR 27:17
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05-03-2025, 04:25 PM #20594
Have you ever tried these.My wife loves them and they last well.
Also I know you are into Arks.
https://www.longcreekherbs.com/produ...l-files/?gQT=1
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05-03-2025, 05:11 PM #20595
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05-03-2025, 09:52 PM #20596
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05-05-2025, 01:05 PM #20597
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Thanked: 58Well, a longer soak does not seem to help at all for the Boar.
It absorbs enough just fine but retention is lacking the second it's removed from the water.
In an effort to find out what causes the prickly feeling when pressing it into your face a bit for building lather on the face I found that many hairs were inserted into the knot backwards with a clear root pointing up. These hairs while being thicker are never going to split!
The majority have split 2-4 times already, even thicker ones, which leave exceeding fine tips.
More extraction,
The brush after more lathers and buffing,
Removing the inverted hairs and the ones that looked like broomsticks with no sign of splitting made a big difference. Grading or sorting maybe is not so great with Omega but it is certainly a very nice brush that has morphed considerably in a short time given the treatment.Last edited by stoneandstrop; 05-05-2025 at 01:10 PM.
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05-07-2025, 10:38 PM #20598
Got some work done on the larger butcher knife. It's hard to see from these pics but there were some pretty deep sanding marks as previously mentioned, but some were really deep.
Worked as much of those out as I was willing to. It had already been thinned some and I didn't want to go too far. It came out pretty well I think. Just some smoothing I think to even the grind and I'm leaving it at that.
The scales had pulled away from the tang some too. Fortunately one of the the rivets was loose and the other 2 came loose easily enough. That was fortuitous as it made it clear they were 2 part rivets and how they came apart.
...and they were n-n-n-nasty underneath
Here's one cleaned and the other as it was. That's just rubbed with Murphy's Oil Soap and a rag.
Rivets were green and gross also. They cleaned up nicely with steel wool and WD-40 then polished with 3M Marine
Not finished by any stretch of the imagination but happy with the progress so far.Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend. PR 27:17
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05-07-2025, 11:19 PM #20599
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Thanked: 58Looks good Paul!
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05-08-2025, 03:53 PM #20600
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