My buddy dropped this brush off to me, he had found it at a yard sale.
A little ratty but perfect handle.
I removed the knot and built a shelf in the hollow handle. I covered the shelf with a layer of epoxy to bring the depth to 16mm.
I did this because after talking with Larry at Whipped Dog, he thought it would leave the knot at abut the height to give the feel I was looking for. I like soft with some backbone.
Here is my new 24mm Whipped Dog High Mountain White knot mounted in my Rubberset 200 Handle.
Another shot after a couple of shaves.
I love the feel of the knot. I have mostly boar brushes and 1 Frank Shave Slivertip that feels a lot like you are using a fine wire brush on your face.
The WD knot was rather dirty. The first couple of rinses the water turned really black. I shampooed it a couple of times which got the black out but left in the wet animal smell.
I then used the oxyclean and followed the instructions that came with the knot and then lathered up some Arko as a test. I allowed the brush to dry over night. When I used it the next day the smell was gone and it felt like I was lathering with marabou feathers. I really like this brush. It mat sound like the knot took a lot of prep but it really only took about 15 minutes.
The restore was easier than I had planned for and would easily consider doing this again if I find that really nice Red and Black Everready handle I can see in my mind.
A little ratty but perfect handle.
I removed the knot and built a shelf in the hollow handle. I covered the shelf with a layer of epoxy to bring the depth to 16mm.
I did this because after talking with Larry at Whipped Dog, he thought it would leave the knot at abut the height to give the feel I was looking for. I like soft with some backbone.
Here is my new 24mm Whipped Dog High Mountain White knot mounted in my Rubberset 200 Handle.
Another shot after a couple of shaves.
I love the feel of the knot. I have mostly boar brushes and 1 Frank Shave Slivertip that feels a lot like you are using a fine wire brush on your face.
The WD knot was rather dirty. The first couple of rinses the water turned really black. I shampooed it a couple of times which got the black out but left in the wet animal smell.
I then used the oxyclean and followed the instructions that came with the knot and then lathered up some Arko as a test. I allowed the brush to dry over night. When I used it the next day the smell was gone and it felt like I was lathering with marabou feathers. I really like this brush. It mat sound like the knot took a lot of prep but it really only took about 15 minutes.
The restore was easier than I had planned for and would easily consider doing this again if I find that really nice Red and Black Everready handle I can see in my mind.
