I've had this Ever-Ready C40 brush for so long, I don't even remember when and how I got it. It has made 3 moves and survived. I only started wet shaving a couple of months ago, so I am not sure why I kept the brush. Anyway, it had a boar knot and it was not broken in at all. When I tried using it, it shed like crazy and was not a super great brush for my beginning attempts at wet shaving. So, I got a little SBAD (along with RAD) and bought two best badger brushes and an Omega boar. I then proceeded to remove the old boar knot from the C40. I scanned this forum for help. Thanks, everyone for a valuable resource here! Knot removal proved more difficult than thought. I got stuck after getting the bristles flush with the handle. Then Larry Andreassen of Whipped Dog Straight Razors (check out his site! It's great and has a very valuable shaving manual that's applicable to DE shavers) provided my with a black pure badger knot that would work in this handle. Thank you Larry! Well, it took a bit of time and two gluing attempts, but the brush is ready and has seen its maiden voyage. I used cork from a bottle of wine (I have lots of those ) and 60 second epoxy to build up a shelf for the knot before gluing it in. I then used some Shoe Goo to set the knot. Well, Shoe Goo did not work out and the knot fell out after the first lathering. I did not have cleaned out the old bonding material completely either. This may have been the reason Shoe Goo didn't seal properly. So, for the second attempt I used a ball shaped grinding stone for the Dremel and cleaned out the space just under the hole. This is where a bead of glue would form a seal to keep the water out. I then used blue RTV to set the knot. I made sure the space I cleaned out was filled with RTV before setting the knot in. A bit of squeeze out occured, but easy to clean with RTV. Not sure what to do with epoxy in this case. This is why I chose RTV for my first re-knot.
Here are some pictures of the brush and its maiden shave. It performed beautifully with Arko face lather. I got 5 passes and still had enough in it to use for a wash after the alum.
Here are some pictures of the brush and its maiden shave. It performed beautifully with Arko face lather. I got 5 passes and still had enough in it to use for a wash after the alum.