Ever Ready 500 PB

[Doody99]

Hello Brush Experts,
I picked this brush up recently at an antique shop and found a crack in the handle after I returned home. To make matters worse I also cracked trying to separate the two piece construction. I glued the crack and the top and bottom back together. I wanted to know how old this brush is and if it would be worth it to bring some life back to it with some sanding, polishing, weight added, and a new hair-do (Knot)? I look forward to your comments and feedback.

 

[Cybot]

Yes to all of the above, the added weight is optional. Folks shaved for hundreds of years without heavy brushes, I prefer to restore rather than customise.

 

[Cybot]

It looks awfully good now!

 

[Doody99]

The pictures are better than the brush actually is. The knot is old and floppy and the brush is discolored to an uneven light yellow. Any ide on how old this brush is? I couldnt find anything on the internet for the exact model.

 

[Cybot]

Send Jim an email.

OSSB - Ever-Ready Shaving Brushes

 

[Doody99]

What is Jim’s email?

 

[REV579]

What is Jim’s email?

You might start here:
@BladeShark, someone is seeking you out.

 

[BladeShark]

That is a really nice shaped brush. When I first looked at the picture I thought it was the model 1000 which has a very similar base.

Dating an Ever-Ready is difficult due to a lack of surviving catalogs that will give a reference of models at a given point in time. There are some newspaper clippings with ads, but none I've seen for this version of the 500PB. If I had to guess I would put yours in the late 1950s.

 

[Doody99]

Thank you sir. You are a gentleman and a scholar.

 

[Doody99]

Oh and thanks Rev for all your help too.

 

[CigarSmoka]

Sorry I’m not much help, I make the occasional brush as a hobby but restoring them isn’t my forte. I do like good brush porn though, so be sure to post some tasty photos when it’s finished!

 

[Anick]

I threw a 18mm TGN boar in mine. I didnt want to open up the hole. Just an fyi. Decided im not a boar guy but i am a collector. Maybe ill send it off one day for a restore and new knot

 

[Cybot]

View attachment 857865 I threw a 18mm TGN boar in mine. I didnt want to open up the hole. Just an fyi. Decided im not a boar guy but i am a collector. Maybe ill send it off one day for a restore and new knot

Let that boar break in before you kick it to the curb! It's a little on the small side, but there's a lot to like about a nicely broken in boar brush.

 

[Ice-Man]

Let that boar break in before you kick it to the curb! It's a little on the small side, but there's a lot to like about a nicely broken in boar brush.

+1 They are good once broken in