Set New Knots

I made final adjustments to the handles today, widening the holes and making them a bit deeper. The first and second pictures are the knots dry fitted. Being satisfied with the appearance, I went ahead and epoxied the knots in the handles. The knots are 21 mm pure badger knots.

With the completion of these three brushes, I have just four left without knots. I have two knots in the mail now, so in a week or so, I will be down to just two handles without knots,

JR#15: pine
JR#21: wormy apple
JR#29: bird's eye maple

Knots epoxied in and curing.

Jayaruh #15

Jayaruh #21

Jayaruh #29

Jayaruh #15 Handle Begins

I cut a piece 2 1/4 inch long from my handle stock. Using a compass, I scribed a circle on the top and bottom, and then sanded the corners off down to the line. I drew some reference lines and whittled out the middle. The top was tapered in. To make the knot hole, I used a compass and drew a circle as a guide. I drilled out the middle using the Dremel. After connecting all the holes, I used the drum sander and smoothed out and enlarged the hole to about 20 mm diameter.

Octagonal piece

Rounded out

Cut out the middle with a knife

Smoothed out with sandpaper

Top is tapered

Bottom rounded and hole started

Hole finished off

Handle smoothed out

Adorned with a beauty ring and branded. First coat of poly.

Dry fitted with a pure badger knot for looks. Not the real knot for this handle.

Jayaruh #14 * Jayaruh #16