The Lucite one I had big plans for, it was going to be my travel brush due to it's smallish size so I ordered a 18mm silvertip badger from TGN and started work on it. Here's the two BIG lessons I learned from this first restore, 1) Don't order your knot until the handle is finished and 2) Acetone can be your best friend AND your worst enemy. I couldn't get all the eopxy and paint out and I got impatient and just filled the cavity with Acetone an let it soak. It bubbled and crazed the Lucite to where I couldn't get it sanded smooth. I wrote it off to a bad job and epoxied the knot in yesterday and I used it tonight. It was going to just be a travel brush but it may be my daily now, I really liked it! The other was an impulse bid on the bay. When I got it I realized it was just a VDH (although it could be a Surrey too I guess) so I added the black stripes and put a black badger knot in it. Hopefully this helps anyone just starting like I am. I have two more in the works, here's hoping for fewer mistakes.
