I found another butterscotch (I mean caramel) Ever Ready Badger-lon 300BN shaving brush that was in need of restoring. The last one I restored I re-knotted it with a synthetic; this time I wanted a nice badger. I easily removed the old knot, removed the old adhesive and used an abrasive drum to bore it out. I installed a 20mm Shave Forge two banded badger. Now it not only has a beautiful caramel color, but a great knot for many years of shaves. And as always ......... more to come.
I saw this unique brush and I wanted it BAD. I contacted the seller and pestered him to sell it from his set display ...... after a week he relented. I wasn't sure who made it, but I knew it was old. The top had lines of a Simpson Tulip, but it looked like a stretched Persian vase as well. I know it's filthy, but when I received it I realized it was bone. Figured the masking tape would come off with warm soapy water, but I removed the knot first; it was a boar badger mix. I was surprised to find it cleaned up rather well. The darkening was just the water soaked in to the bone. I was amazed to find they threaded the bone. Since the top was just a tube with out a bottom; I set to work to install a false bottom by glueing in a slice of cork re-enforced with epoxy. I used a sanding drum to gently widen the open it up a 1/2 a mm and I made a 2mm spacer out of cork to set a 20mm two banded badger from the Shave Forge. Its over all height is 142mm tall and I set the loft at 48mm. It feels amazing in the hand! And as always ............ More to come.
I bought this Star shaving brush back in October 2021. At the time I knew full well it was missing the base, but I like a challenge. It has a pleasing keyhole shape, but not butterscotch enough for me. I mainly purchased it to prevent it from getting binned and as I said "I like a Challenge". It's been a while since I showed how I do this, so here's some pics and brief descriptions. First I cleaned the rock hard plaster out of the bottom ..... up to the narrowest part of the waist, then I filled it with epoxy. I measured from the seam and marked a level line, then sanded up to that line ...... maybe a heavy mm. I then prepped the surface of the copper by sanding it by hand till it was flat. I removed the knot With clean flat surfaces I epoxied the copper to the bottom. After trimming, filing, cleaning and polishing. I carefully opened it with a Dremel drum sander to accept a 20mm two banded badger knot. Rescued from the bin to years of enjoyable service. And as always ...... more to come.
