Hig789's Brush restore thread

[hig789]

I figured instead of starting a bunch of new threads when I'm restoring the brushes I acquire I will just post them here. Starting it out will be the marbled Ever-Ready 150 I got with today's scores. It didn't take much, it was in really good shape to begin with, all I did was use some Mothers plastic polish on it. Here's a link to the original thread with before pictures.

 

[Flynnster]

That looks beautiful!

 

[urkel]

i like it and now what are you going to set into it

 

[hig789]

Don't know. May be a 22mm grade a silver tip.

 

[Skrymr]

That looks great. You found some great brush handles. Do you think you'll put a boar knot into any of them?

 

[FL shaver]

Are you going to try that knot at all first? Is it shedding at all?

A 22mm blonde boar would look great, if you could get one!

 

[hig789]

I may reknot one with a boar. I have many choices now because most of the knots in the handles I got are in bad shape. This one is not too bad though I might try it first. It just has been screaming for a silver tip to me since I first saw it.

 

[noahpictures]

Grade A silvetip would look great in that handle. Great score!

 

[badrunner13]

Grade A silvertip would look great in that handle. Great score!

+1 on the silvertip, very nice knot + very nice handle = AWESOME BRUSH!

 

[badrunner13]

Also, you have a lot of handles to restore, if you can try and take advantage of TGN's quantity discount. I think it kicks in at 10+ knots of any variety.

 

[hig789]

What is this discount of which you speak?

 

[badrunner13]

Buy any combination of 12 knots, receive a 10% credit

http://www.thegoldennib.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=9&zenid=cc0afd5c81008322a5f38ff426476749

Here you go!

 

[hig789]

Buy any combination of 12 knots, receive a 10% credit

http://www.thegoldennib.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=9&zenid=cc0afd5c81008322a5f38ff426476749

Here you go!

Nice I didn't know about that.

 

[hig789]

Here's one that I finished up tonight. Ever-Ready 200. The top of the black part looked like it had been chewed on by a dog so I took it to the buffer and smoothed out most of the marks and polished it with Mothers. I love the bottom of this handle how it is crackled, I think it adds a lot of character to the Bakelite.

 

[hig789]

Here's another one I have been working on for a while. The handle is completely hollow so I didn't want to risk cracking the handle or drilling through it . I am going to put a TGN 28mm silvertip in it for my first silver tip brush.

 

[hig789]

Here's the last one I did to tonight. It's a Fuller.

 

[Wid]

Some nice looking work Matt.

 

[hig789]

Yeah my buffer works wonders on them a whole lot easier than sanding and polishing.

 

[noahpictures]

Very nice handles. It looks like we have the same taste. I have one of those EV150 on the way.

 

[hig789]

I just repainted the lettering on these two. The bottom of the Ever-Ready is worn so the lettering looks like crap. The Erskine turned out awesome I think. It's going to look beautiful with a huge silver tip in it.