No, that's not a joke. I have a VDH badger brush that was scratchy, and the knot ended up falling out of the handle. Kept it because the handle looks good, and figured it would be a cheap and easy way to make a quality badger brush out of it. The knot is set in a metal ring, which I'd thought about steaming to remove. Then I was measuring the knot this week, and the ring came off, so all I have to do is remove the epoxy from the edges of the handle. The handle itself is hollow.
My plan is to obtain a silver tip knot, glue it to the ring, then glue the ring to the handle. That's how it was constructed. Since a VDH boar brush constructed in the same manner is holding up, am thinking about risking it. This means that there's essentially no way to set the loft. An alternative would be to fill the handle, glue on the ring, slip the knot through the ring, and glue it to the filling.
Will note there are comments on B&B about not gluing the sides of the base of the knot, and this has me hesitant. It it wasn't that the boar brush has held up, would question the strength of gluing to the ring, then the ring to the handle. Am thinking about wrapping the knot above the base with wax paper before gluing, to prevent it from getting into the bristles.
What do you all think of this? It seems workable, but is it? Since I'm in the October Restraint, it'll be sixteen days before I can so much as order the knot.
My plan is to obtain a silver tip knot, glue it to the ring, then glue the ring to the handle. That's how it was constructed. Since a VDH boar brush constructed in the same manner is holding up, am thinking about risking it. This means that there's essentially no way to set the loft. An alternative would be to fill the handle, glue on the ring, slip the knot through the ring, and glue it to the filling.
Will note there are comments on B&B about not gluing the sides of the base of the knot, and this has me hesitant. It it wasn't that the boar brush has held up, would question the strength of gluing to the ring, then the ring to the handle. Am thinking about wrapping the knot above the base with wax paper before gluing, to prevent it from getting into the bristles.
What do you all think of this? It seems workable, but is it? Since I'm in the October Restraint, it'll be sixteen days before I can so much as order the knot.