Saturday, December 29, 2018

Jayaruh #337

This White Queen brush is made from oak. It was beautiful out today. I bit chilly, but a light coat made it comfortable to work on this brush handle.




Below the handle is dry fitted with a Maggard blonde synthetic.


Next, I have dry fitted the handle with a boar.


I have ordered an Omega 49 boar brush as a donor for this handle. It will make a great brush.

I have numbered the handle and put two coats of polycrylic on it. While I wait on the knot to arrive, I took a few pictures with a Maggard synthetic knot just for fun.




Update: January 2, 2019
Completed today. The Omega 49 came in. I harvested the knot, dressed it up to fit, and set it with epoxy.

I am getting better at harvesting Omega knots. With my knife, I pry up the knot just a bit. Then I pull the knot out.


 Next, I use a hack saw and cut down the ferrule on opposite sides. Then with my knife's screwdriver blade, I pry the ferrule apart and remove it.


 I dressed up the end of the knot so it would fit the handle.


 I set the knot with epoxy. Here are the finished pictures.




Here it is in a brush and razor stand I made a few years back.



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