Thank you. I myself (not sure of others) mask handle around old knot (to protect handle) and cut bristles even with top of handle. Then I use a Dremel to clean out remaining of knot and glue. Sometime I use Dremel with drum sanding to finish clean opening. I use a step bit to bore it to new diameter.
I was informed that I need to update my restorations .... well here it goes. It all started in the tail end of October when I purchase a neat little shaving brush produced by Dox made in Germany. Well when I received it, the condition was amazing, so I decided to revive the boar bristle through a little soak in conditioner. Here's some famous last words "Seemed like a good idea at the time". D'oh! Maybe some of you saw this coming a mile away, like when the child in church says there tummy hurts then their eyes get real big. Well as I said the brush was marked Germany, NOT east or west, just Germany. That should have told me pre 1945 meaning bakelite or wood. It did feel like plastic, but it wasn't. This is what happened when exposed to too much moisture ... That was enough to make me sick, so I dried it off and placed it on a shelf as a pattern for a future brush. Six months later I pick i off the shelf thinking, I wish I could salvage it somehow, when I realized it wasn't made in one piece. What's this a glimmer of hope? So now armed with hope, I glued neck (ferrel) back together. Glueing, clamping with a rubber band and stretched electrical tape, I made repairs. With cracks in the paint I chose to strip it and epoxy the neck back to the body to re-enforce the repairs, prior to removing the clamping on the neck. It's made of Beach (makes sense it's made in Germany). I let it fully cure, removed the clamps and finish stripping and sanding. I thought about going natural, but the glue in the crack, left a fine black line (yes I'm too fussy), so going with dye and inking. As always ... More to come
Here's the German Dox all Dyed and inked; followed up with a soaking coat of teak oil. It'll be getting a few more coats and buffed between. More to come ...
Sorry for the delay, but here it is ... Stripped, repaired, epoxied, dyed, inked, teak oil 3x, and 22mm synthetic knot installed. Now too pretty for me to use; I prefer the ugly ducklings. As always ... more to come
Go ahead and use it. When it gets beat up and worn, refurbish it again. I do like the green handle with the light colored knot.
Well I know what your saying, but its like this ... my favorite brush is my Hardright Davy Jones and I'm kind of a minimalist. I also like the green, but I the next one will be either blue or yellow. Thank you. Thanks.
Well heres a few more ... Ever Ready's ... three 150's, one 100 and a 200M They were fairly straight forward in restoring them sanding out the horizontal line in the 100 and 150's, weight, polish and re-knot. On the other hand the 200M was rather beat as you can see here. Sorry only before picture I have is from the seller. I found that it wasn't just stained it was spaulding or delaminating. So I preceded to sand it ... a lot; I do mean a lot! Well it looks nice, but it may spauld more in the future. So that means I'll be PIFing it on here in the near future. No ... I don't PIF junk, but I never had plans of keeping it. I bored them out and re-knotted them with 22mm synthetic knots, so nice and soft. They all have a great weight, but I like the feel of the "bobber" style ones more only due to size. As always ... more to come
