My first restore

[vattern]

I had the brush that had horrible hair loss, but a nice vintage butterscotch like handle :


Some cutting


Drilling


and Dremmeling


Consume a bottle of wine (for the cork of course)


Add some epoxy


And some more epoxy, et voila :

 

[JaxJim]

Nice job! That's an especially handsome handle.

 

[mwhitcraft]

Excellent. The bottle of wine was certainly what made everything come out so well.

 

[vattern]

And after it's first lather test :


Lathers nicely

 

[GDCarrington]

Excellent work!

 

[goh2499]

Great job I hope mine turns out as nicely

 

[Little Joe from Mexico]

Butterscotch Awesomeness! The imperfections (or cracks) really give it character.

Very, very nice indeed.

 

[Little Joe from Mexico]

Forgot to ask. Tell us more about the knot itself.

 

[vattern]

Knot is a 22 Finest Badger from TGN.

 

[AceByTerror]

Nice job sir! A neat handle indeed!

 

[Redzone]

Killer handle, really nice job !

 

[chrismikehead]

Great looking handle, and very nice restore. Thanks for sharing this one with us.

 

[FL shaver]

Pretty darn cool. Never thought about epoxying the plug to the cork first, but why not? Enjoy it!

 

[Nadir M]

That's one great looking brush!

 

[brother cavefish]

i am not sure i would have put cork in there. the main security of the epoxy is the adherence to the base of the knot, and then the sides, now only the sides are secure till the cork swells or shrinks-- i hope it works

 

[vattern]

Not sure I entirely follow what you mean.

The cork is epoxied to the bottom of the knot and then epoxied into the handle.

As for hoping it works, so do I

 

[lowjax]

Very nice! I'm thinking of doing one on my own. Have 5 that could use a new knot. Not sure I have the right tools. Need a dremmel and some epoxy.

 

[Kostas_Greece]

Excellent work sir !!! The crack gives uniqueness.

 

[brother cavefish]

Not sure I entirely follow what you mean.

The cork is epoxied to the bottom of the knot and then epoxied into the handle.

As for hoping it works, so do I

cork is soft, epoxy is hard. The knot is not secured in epoxy it is secured to cork , the cork is secured to the epoxy only the knot sides are touching epoxy , the cork will eventually separate leaving the sides the only secure section the knot has. The knot bottom is epoxy and should be secured to epoxy for strength. Cork has no strength. in a nutshell i feel with all respect and honesty , structural soundness has been sacrificed -- Time will tell i hope it works out

 

[theretroshave]

I know this is kind of a late reply, but I just found a thread that revealed to me what your brush is. I apologize for not complimenting you earlier, but obviously your brush made an impression on me as I recalled it nearly two months later.
I hope this is a revelation and a treat for you!

Spoiler

1936 Simpson. Now you just need to buy a Simpson sticker to slap on.

BTW, here's where I found the ad image.