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Had a 2" piece of scrap from my last brush decided to play around on the Hardinge and see I could eek out another handle. It's approx 1 7/8 in Long and is bored out for a 22 mm knot, which I just so happened to have on hand. Yes it's another scritchy old boar! I seen a shape that was appealing to me and so I free handed it out, the handle still needs to be polished and the boar needs to be glued in but I figured what the heck I will show it. Again it's the same material as my big brush.
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Knot set with T-88 and polished....done...break in was done prior to salvage of knot from handle shown. A friend played a dirty trick on me using self lubricating bronze to make that handle whenever it touches your skin and is wet it gives off a very bad odor needless to say I had some choice words for that friend LOL!
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Knot set with T-88 and polished....done...break in was done prior to salvage of knot from handle shown. A friend played a dirty trick on me using self lubricating bronze to make that handle whenever it touches your skin and is wet it gives off a very bad odor needless to say I had some choice words for that friend LOL!View attachment 1018206

It's a shame the bronze one isn't usable. It looks nice, and I love bronze.
 
It's a shame the bronze one isn't usable. It looks nice, and I love bronze.
My thoughts exactly I have thought about putting it in a pot of boiling water to see if that will get some of the stink out but I don't know that it will work I may just polish it out for the hell of it with some flitz to see what that does I've got the twin of it in aluminum
 
I wonder if it could be sealed somehow.
I have been wondering the same and I was contemplating using good old krylon clear. But I may just flame it really good and see if it will weep the oil out I don't even know if it's oil or if it's PTFE or what it is but like I said it does put out a mean stink!
 
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