Thanks to a post by JR Reyes on The Shave Den, I have finished up the Jayaruh #28 brush. The #28 is made from bird's eye maple and stained with dark walnut with burnished gold on top. It has been sitting around since September with no knot for it. I ordered a 24mm finest from Virginia Sheng, but it is still about a week out. JR suggested that I use the knot from my old Frank Shaving finest fan brush. I got to thinking about it and decided to see if the knot would come out without much of a fuss. Well, it did. So here are the pictures.
Here is the knot after I took it out of the donor handle. It came out with a little gentle force.
I decided to shim it up just a bit with this dime. I used silicone to set the knot.
Here I pulled the knot out to see how the coverage would be.
Here it is with the knot set. I love this knot. It is soft and has good backbone. I face lather with it.
I will be using this brush next month after NoVember is over.
Thanks again, @JR Reyes , for the gentle kick to get me to finish this brush.
Here is the history of the Jayaruh #28. In the first row of pictures you can see that I started with two sticks of 3/4 inch square pieces that I glued together. Then I cut that piece in half and glued the halves together to make a square piece which I rounded. From there I shaped it using the #15 as a loose guide. Then I put the hole in it, finished it, and finally added the knot today. It is nice to have it finished.
