Practice.
Before I tear up any good handles I thought I'd practice on a newish Burma Shave brush that I have. The brush sheds like mad and I figure that even if I trash the handle it will be no big loss. So I cut out all the bristles and then set to work on getting the base of the knot out. Holy crap! It's set in something like ceramic. I can drill through it but it just creates a dusty mess with no indication that it's gonna come out. Is this type knot base common? How do the "pros" here handle these things? The brush has a black rubber(?) ring (cup?) around the top edge of the brush.
Before I tear up any good handles I thought I'd practice on a newish Burma Shave brush that I have. The brush sheds like mad and I figure that even if I trash the handle it will be no big loss. So I cut out all the bristles and then set to work on getting the base of the knot out. Holy crap! It's set in something like ceramic. I can drill through it but it just creates a dusty mess with no indication that it's gonna come out. Is this type knot base common? How do the "pros" here handle these things? The brush has a black rubber(?) ring (cup?) around the top edge of the brush.