My new brush for use at the gym

[Seraphim]

Ebony handle.

Valley Delightful Hog bristles.

Cost me about $10 to make, so I don't have tyo fuss about whether it gets smooshed in teh gym bag. Plus the boar bristles can handle some abuse anyhow.

 

[Andrew16v]

Man that looks awesome! Nice work!

 

[michiganlover]

Am I right in assuming, that you took the VDH Boar Knot, and set it into your own handle??

That brush does look fairly sharp!!

 

[Seraphim]

Am I right in assuming, that you took the VDH Boar Knot, and set it into your own handle??

That brush does look fairly sharp!!

VDH?

Very Dead Hog bristles? Why yes!

Plisson may have their HMW (Huge Money Waster, but give me a VDH at 2.3% of the price, available in most any drugstore any day of the week!

 

[Schwert]

Nicely done....did you turn the handle? And if so, out of what?

 

[Seraphim]

Nicely done....did you turn the handle? And if so, out of what?

I turned the handle out of ebony. Ebony kind of chips easily, so it didn't turn out as nice as I would have liked. It sat on my desk for a couple of months, and then I decided to just finish it off as a rough & ready boar brush

 

[Schwert]

Well it "turned" out nice....bit of a pun there.

 

[ari95]

What is the best way to remove the knot from a VDH brush?

 

[rdeakle]

How big it is? It looks very tall.

 

[Seraphim]

What is the best way to remove the knot from a VDH brush?

I removed it on a lathe, but I imagine you could simply split the cheap plastic handle, and the knot would pop out.

 

[Seraphim]

What is the best way to remove the knot from a VDH brush?

How big it is? It looks very tall.

It's about 130-140mm tall