I will take a look at those ferrules. Might get a couple and knot them up with different knots to change thing up.
The Rubberset 400 Club
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This needs a bump up again so here goes.
I was sat watching tv last night, got my brood of 400's out for a clean up and 2 hours later all done and polished up here is the result of my 2 hours last night...
I was sat watching tv last night, got my brood of 400's out for a clean up and 2 hours later all done and polished up here is the result of my 2 hours last night...
Beautiful! One of these days I'll have a little time to get to mine.
EB Newfarm
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Quiet around here...
What boar knot does everyone recommend? I want to stay as authentic as possible. I was worried about the size knot to use as some are saying the 24mm boar knots are too large. I was looking at the TGN (22 or 24mm) / Elite Razor (22 or 24mm) and or the Oumo 24 Flat top.
What does everyone recommend for Boar Knot and or size, you thoughts are appreciated.
What does everyone recommend for Boar Knot and or size, you thoughts are appreciated.
I used a 24mm long flat top boar, and it looks exactly the same as some vintage examples I have with the original knot, although I think 22mm will work as well. It was provided by Steve Vlaska a couple years ago, but I don't see that his profile is active here any longer.
EB Newfarm
Cane? I'm Able!
I used one I removed form an Omega boar brush that I liked, except for the handle. I don't remember the model though.
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Maggards now offer boar knots, for your information.
I bought a 24mm one and it's a really nice knot.
Very soft tips from the start, but not much backbone.
Not a problem for me, I lather with a bowl and am face painting.
I bought a 24mm one and it's a really nice knot.
Very soft tips from the start, but not much backbone.
Not a problem for me, I lather with a bowl and am face painting.
Those are some beauties! I hope with a progression from 240 to 8000 grit and polish, I can get mine to look that shiny!
Mother's aluminum wheel polish does the trick for me. Been a year or two since last polish, but still looking good to me!
This might be the finest photo on a website full of fine photos.
A lot of work went into the Silvertip one as it had tiny bubbles in it, and I was hours sanding it to get rid of them but worth it in the end as that was my first one I did was back in 2017 this is the Link to it here and it just went on from there and enjoyed every minute.
Thank you Sir!!! I still enjoy using these today.
Anyone installed a 24mm horse knot from shave forge? I would be curious how they perform and how high the final loft can be installed.
Question for owners of the original Rubberset: Did they come with the coloured ring? I know some modern repros have it (PAA for eg) and I only have the AP Shave Co repro. No personal experience with an original.
Cheers
Cheers
If you look at my post above with the brushes the second brush from the right, is a Vie-Long 24mm Brown Horse Hair knot as I hunted that one down to put in it sorry its not a shave forge but I think it is a fantastic knot
No, the Rubbersets did not have any O-Ring those get added by whoever, I used the same colour as the number.
My first Rubberset brush. The first two pictures are the condition it was found at an antique store in. The rest are after cleaning up and putting a textured scratch pattern on it. It already had some pitting and a few dings so I chose this look instead of trying to polish it up. I installed a Zenith Boar knot taken from a spare brush I had. I really like my other three Zenith Boars so I figured this would be a great knot for this resto-mod.
After 5-6 years of looking for one, I finally found my first #400! This is a 400-4 picked up today at an antique store that we hadn't planned on going to but ended up there after the flea market we went to ended up being a bust. I haven't restored any of my many vintage brushes yet, so I'll practice up on a few, then tackle this one someday.
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