Ignore the Blackberry cases, but this was the condition of the brush when I first bought it. In order to get the hair out, I grabbed the hair with a pair of pliers, twisted the hair, and then ripped it right out of there. No problem at all I sanded the handle down by hand. I put 2 coats of engligh chestnut stain and 2 coats of polyurethane. I used a 20mm Finest Extra that I bought from Tony. The brush on the left is a trial brush from AOS starts kit and the brush on the right is a vulfix 2233s. I haven't used my brush yet because I waiting a few days to let the glue fully cure. My restored brush is nothing fancy, but the main reason I did it was to have a good brush to lather soaps. I won this old brush in a lot of razors on ebay. This was the cheapest way for me to get a nice brush The vulfix is just too floppy when using soaps. I hope my new finest extra will take care of that.
Great Job That is a really nice job! I hope the advice helped a little, it looks really good and it is always nice to have one that you have done yourself. Will N.
wow just awesome, I just found some brushes at the local antique store and they look beat up but had a nice handle so I left them. I think 1-2 of them are gonna find a new home soon...and a new set of hair lol
I used this brush for the first time today with Tabac soap. It was the best lather I have gotten in my 2 months of wet shaving. The main reason I got this brush was so I could use Tabac and other soaps. The Vulix 2233 is a great cream brush but it sucks when using soaps. I was reading though some of the forums the other night and I saw where this guy had bought a handle from Kim son.com It was absolutely beautiful and I think thats what I am going to buy next and refurbish it with a silvertip knot from Tony. I feel pissed that I spent 50 dollars on that Vulvix when I spent half of that on this brush and it works better.
