Horn has special care requirements, including routine oiling. Just something to keep in mind. Horn is a traditional brush handle material, and it is fairly rare to see it nowadays, especially as an actual part of the brush and not just an accent piece. Kudos.
Thank you for the heads up on the care requirements. Any particular oil you know of. I put Odies oil on the wood and horn. It is a tung oil based finish with other natural oils.
That would probably work OK. I wouldn't use a drying oil or an oil with hardeners on it. Most people use a bit of neatsfoot oil. Rubbing it on your nose would work too, honestly. It's just to keep the horn from drying out and delaminating from itself.
Well, things are getting bad: What started out as a small wrinkle in the green paint eventually became a chip, and recently grew into this. I am thinking of maybe removing all the green paint down to the first circumferential rebate and replacing that green paint with Italian red so it looks like the flag? Does anybody know what the colors of the Portugese flag are? Do I have to prime it first? What kind of paint should I use? Is nail polish OK? Thanks in advance.
I turned my first brush yesterday. A friend stabilized some burl for me with Cactus juice. I set a 26mm shd fan knot from Maggards in it at the recommended 50mm loft. So far I'm pleased.
Yes, I like being called upon when someone posts about that. I would describe your new avatar as George Washington in the middle of having his haircut.
I don't know of anyone. I've been tempted to try if I could find some good sized bone. I wonder what they used to use.
I love carving my own brush handles with just a knife. I don’t even sand them down as I prefer to leave neat, faceted tool marks. The only power tool used is my pillar drill with the appropriate size of Forstner bit. Everything else is just axe (if required), knife and hand to eye coordination. Here’s just a wee sample.
