My lastest ( yes...it's my last...again.... )
This brush was originally on ebay in a set of three. The other two were very uninspiring so I shot the seller an questions re just buying the this bone one. Given time zone differences between UK and Australia, the next morning when I got up found they'd put up a BIN on it. Luckily in 9 hours nobody had picked it up.
Just arrived today. It's a lovely piece of work but it's a lot smaller than I thought...
Now though it looked like the bristle hadn't been used, it was shedding pretty bad and it stunk !! I considered leaving it as it was but there's no way that bristles getting near my face even after soaking in Hydrochloric Acid
I've been obsessing over what knot to put in it since I bought, and was considering keeping as boar given the lamp light "Pure Bristle" markings on it but now it's arrived, my choice is made.
Once again, using my extensive toolkit, it's been de knotted in less than 15 minutes.
The knot hole is 15mm and for loft I've got 40mm to play with
Now the smallest knot that Tony has is a 16mm Finest , so looks like that's it. I was considering the finest anyway as I think the two band will set off the handle really nicely. I'm about to shoot him an email to see if he's got a "small" 16mm on hand
I might however have to work the knot hole a bit to fit the knot in, but with 40mm to play with that shouldn't be an issue
Further updates to follow.
This brush was originally on ebay in a set of three. The other two were very uninspiring so I shot the seller an questions re just buying the this bone one. Given time zone differences between UK and Australia, the next morning when I got up found they'd put up a BIN on it. Luckily in 9 hours nobody had picked it up.
Just arrived today. It's a lovely piece of work but it's a lot smaller than I thought...
Now though it looked like the bristle hadn't been used, it was shedding pretty bad and it stunk !! I considered leaving it as it was but there's no way that bristles getting near my face even after soaking in Hydrochloric Acid
I've been obsessing over what knot to put in it since I bought, and was considering keeping as boar given the lamp light "Pure Bristle" markings on it but now it's arrived, my choice is made.
Once again, using my extensive toolkit, it's been de knotted in less than 15 minutes.
The knot hole is 15mm and for loft I've got 40mm to play with
Now the smallest knot that Tony has is a 16mm Finest , so looks like that's it. I was considering the finest anyway as I think the two band will set off the handle really nicely. I'm about to shoot him an email to see if he's got a "small" 16mm on hand
I might however have to work the knot hole a bit to fit the knot in, but with 40mm to play with that shouldn't be an issue
Further updates to follow.
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