Two Brush Re-Knots

 Shaver, JStevens, contacted me about re-knotting two vintage brushes he had. We discussed what he wanted. This was last December. He sent me two the vintage brushes and they have sat in the box they came in since they got here in January. Yesterday, I got a package from Pasteur Pharmacy. I was confused. I did not order anything from them. It turns out he ordered a couple of donor Omega brushes and had them sent straight to me.  Well, unfortunately, I did not take pictures of the process, but I did of the final results. Here are the donor brushes taken from Omega Brush website.

Omega Badger & Bristle
Faux Horn Mighty Midget
#11047

Omega Boar #10029

The Ever-Ready 100 got the boar/bristle mix, and the Century got a boar knot.

 

Harvesting an Omega 49 Knot for Jayaruh #339

I show how I harvested two knots from Omega 49 brushes. I also show Jayaruh #339 after I finished shaping it, sealing and staining it, and dry fitting it with the Omega 49 boar.

Jayaruh #337 Complete

I completed JR#337 with an Omega 49 boar knot.

 Below, the brush is displayed with a brush/razor stand I made years ago.

Donor Brushes

I have been using Omega 49 brushes for their excellent knots. I harvest them and put them in my 400 type brushes or barbershop type brushes. It has become an easier process as I have streamlined it.

I start wit new Omega 49 brushes. I received two in the mail today.

Take them out of the boxes.

I use my knife to pry the ferrule up from the handle about an eighth of an inch.

I then just pull the knot out of the handle. It may take a bit of wriggling, but it keeps the handle part in tact. I give these to the grandkids to play with.

I repeated the process, and now have two great knots. I have to remove the ferrules.

I put the ferrule in a vice, and using a hack saw, I saw down one side of the ferrule, turn it over, and saw down the opposite side.

Next, I use the screwdriver blade on my knife to pry the ferrule apart and remove it from the knot.

I repeated the process with the second knot.

Next, I take the knots to my belt sander and dress up the base so it will fit the new handle. One of this ended up in JR#337.

Jayaruh #332 Completed

The Omega 49 brushes finally came in yesterday around 7:30 PM, so it was too late to do anything with them. Today, I got busy harvesting the knots and preparing them for JR#332.

Removed the knots from the handles.

Ready to remove the collar.

Split one side using a Dremel tool.

I scored the opposite side and them pried the collar off the knot.

I prepared two knots.

Too big for the handles.

I shaped the plug using my belt sander.

This is the knot dry fitted. Perfect.

 These are pictures after I set the knot with epoxy. The handle is 86mm high. The knot is 26mm at the opening and has a 65mm loft.

See also: Jayaruh #331 and 332

Omega Pro 49 Knot Harvest

I just received this brush today. I am harvesting the knot to go in a Rubberset 400 handle.

I use a 5/16th drill bit to remove the knot.
I drill through the bottom and it pushes the knot out the top.

I put the not in a vice and use a hack saw to saw through the ferrule.

I cover the hairs and then clean up the plug on my belt sander.

All done. Ready for the Rubberset 400 handle.

Update: 5/21/18

The Rubberset 400 brush handle arrived today, and I fitted and set the Omega Pro 49 knot in it.

Omega Knot Harvesting

I ordered these two Omega brushes a while back for their knots. Today, I decided it was time to harvest the knots. I have a 400 type brush to do, so I will use one of these boar knots in it.

First I drilled a hole in the bottom of each of the handles and inserted a spike in the end in preparation for removing the knot.

I then lined up the spike and hit it down on a hard surface a couple of times and the knot just pops right out.

I then put the knot in a vice an used a hack saw to cut through the ferrule.

I used a file to pry the ferrule apart so that the knot was able to be taken out.

Now that the knots were freed, it was time to prepare them for their new handles.

I wrapped the knots with painter's tape and used my dremel to dress the ends of the plug. They were 27mm, and I brought them down to 25mm.

Here they are ready for their new handles.

Jayaruh #243

I completed Jayaruh #243 today. I used cypress wood for the handle in the RS400 style. The aluminum ferrule was made by Tom White at TSD. The knot is an Omega boar knot.