Got a couple of brushes to restor off Fleabay

I'm going to try my hand at a couple of brush restores.

Here are the brushes as received.



They came in this lot that I scored for $11.50 shipped from Ebay.



I figure the gold Ball End Tech is worth that. Its not great condition, but very serviceable.



Not sure what this is, but I'm assuming its a cartridge handle of some sort. Is it worth anything??



Here are a couple more pics of the brushes with the bristles cut off.





The red and white one is obviously an Ever-Ready, but the chrome one I have no idea. It is very heavy. I think I really like the handle on that one.

I'm going to drill out the knots tomorrow, and measure to order knots.

Its my first attemps at restores.

Wish me luck.

can anybody clarify the difference between the C40 and a 150? Mine looks exactly the same...

Good luck IB. Lookes like you have your hands full with that restore

Just a heads up.If you put a silver tip in the metal one the brush will be floppy.It appears to be like mine which is a 20mm.The knot depth is fixed and sits at the base of the brush hair so the bristles will be free to roam anywhere they want.This is not a bad thing because I reall enjoy mine when I want a pillowy,luxurious lathering.If you want some scrubiness go with a boar knot.Good luck with your restores.

Good luck !

You'll get a great sense of satisfaction when you've finished !!

The mystery handle will fit a Trac II cartridge. As cartridges go I find them to work very well. If you need to travel by air you could do worse.

No value to speak of by itself, but you could offer it for sale.

- Chris

82R100 said:

The mystery handle will fit a Trac II cartridge. As cartridges go I find them to work very well. If you need to travel by air you could do worse.

No value to speak of by itself, but you could offer it for sale.

- Chris

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I have also found the Trac II to work very well. It the best/ one of the best cartridge razors ever made. I like it because it doesn't pivot, and hence it is closest to using a DE razor. I have two all metal handles like this (but not as pretty as yours), and I really like the additional weight that an all metal handle provides.

What blades do you use with it. The original gillette blades, the personna's or something else.

Never mind I found your post.

Thanks

Good luck with that, the silver one looks pretty cool. I think I would like to try that style handle.

Lucky11453 said:

Good luck with that, the silver one looks pretty cool. I think I would like to try that style handle.

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I really like the silver one too. The handle has some serious heft. It feels real good in the hand.

After we bufted that our it was nice and shiney. I can't wait to see it with a new knot

Started to pull the old knots out.

All prepped.



Packed a bowl to smoke while I work. The pipe was made by H2Oman. Check out the grain.





With the knots out.




You have to remember that this is my first time trying to do this. When I was drilling out the ever-ready the whole shelf fell into the hollow handle. It was just floating around in there. It was difficult to say the least to make pieces small enough to pull out. I ended up putting a small hole through the side . Oh well its just a learning experience after all.