Just curious - has anyone ever tried to tie your own shaving brush knot? If so would you care to share your experiences?
Just curious - has anyone ever tried to tie your own shaving brush knot? If so would you care to share your experiences?
Pros make it look so easy.
All you need is a sack of badger hair, a cylinder with the shape you want and a piece of string. what could go wrong
I'd love to know how it goes. If you try it, record the process.
haha I was thinking exactly the same. Can it really be that simple?! Of course not
... the website you want is thegoldennib.com!
....It's having the confidence to actually do it and managing to knock out knot after knot after knot to the same standard that takes time to get right...
Yes I'm trying to wrap my head around someone doing that day in, day out. It must take stamina! In the video Rudy links to, the woman makes kind of a rhythmic tap-tap-t-tap sound and the fascinating thing is you can hear at least one other person in the room making the exact same sound. Suggesting a production line...
im curious, i see they tie the badget hair together. how do they hold the base of the badget hair together? is there glue or wax that hold it together and then they pop it in the handle?
The old way of finishing the knot is to double knot the base to allow it to be dipped when gluing. Cut away the twine and then set the knot in the handle. With a bit of turn of the knot to bed it in.
Gary
In the German video, it looks possible they could be stuffing all of the excess down into a hollow handle. If so they would be saving two or three steps. I say 'possible', I think it more likely they're just not showing the slicing and gluing.
Normally, I guess the knot would be sliced first and then dipped in the glue. With the cut so close to the twine, I wonder how the knot can be sliced without dislodging hair... I guess a really sharp, fast saw blade...
In the German video, it looks possible they could be stuffing all of the excess down into a hollow handle. If so they would be saving two or three steps. I say 'possible', I think it more likely they're just not showing the slicing and gluing.
Normally, I guess the knot would be sliced first and then dipped in the glue. With the cut so close to the twine, I wonder how the knot can be sliced without dislodging hair... I guess a really sharp, fast saw blade...