Our little brush project ... How are we doing?

[wimbouman]

Promised to keep you posted on this project of ours.
So, back by popular demand: our first attempt at making our own shaving brushes. All handmade from scratch.

Starting from a nice piece of mahogany, this is our first brush selected for finalizing.
Inspired more or less by a recent Muhle brush.

Here it is:

And here with one of the knots we bought from TGN.

Inspired by the Semogue 1305, we made this second one:

Which looks with a knot like:

The third one is our attempt at a really classic, traditional shape:

We also made a chubby style piece and an 'extended chubby' with a bit longer handle:

.. the short one:

They are now all in the process of lacquering and further processing.

Will keep you posted.

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[valmara1971]

They look fantastic! Your first attempts? I'm sure we are all looking forward to seeing them on BST here on B&B!

 

[SRock]

Looks like you are making great progress.

 

[LittleJon]

All of these look beautiful.

 

[thunderball]

Wow, those look great! It's so satisfying to use something that you've made with your own hands too. Nice show!

 

[justice4all]

Those look incredible! I love the natural wood look.

 

[Montecristo #2]

What knots did you use?

 

[BobinCA]

Love that "extended" chubby

Bob

 

[heirkb]

My favorites are the chubbies for sure! Great work!

 

[shm]

Great handles

Nothing beats natural wood IMO.

 

[JEEP]

Nice work. The "Semogue" and "Chubby" are really nice.


Regards.

Jakob

 

[SpartanFan]

Great work. Can't wait to see them finished. Keep up the good work.

 

[DSB]

Those all look fantastic!

 

[wimbouman]

What knots did you use?

Hello,

The knots are the 22mm highly dense Finest Badger Extra Hair knots from the Golden Nib.

Picture from their site.

I like these knots.
Well packed, soft but firm, cannot wait how they work in practice!

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[wimbouman]

Love that "extended" chubby

Bob

If no one in the family here puts a claim on it, we might PIF it to you

The small chubby has my name written all over it, and the Muhle inspired one is the favorite of my brother in law.
So these are gone for sure!

We'll just see what happens after they are finished.
Hope they come out as great as we expect them to be.

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[Ru4scuba?]

Man...that Chubby is superb!

 

[wimbouman]

Man...that Chubby is superb!

Thank you, sir!

We will now try to make some of layered oak.
Should be nice, thinking about making these boar brushes, some whiter knots should look nice with the oak.

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[wimbouman]

Did I just say 'try to make'?
The prototypes are done already ;-)

First one:

Second one:

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[wimbouman]

.. and one with a knot:

We only have two knots available at the moment, so yes it is the same knots over and over again.

But I sure do like the oak wood!

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[wimbouman]

... and the other one, with a knot:

Tomorrow, I have been told, the lacquering is ready.

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