What do you like in a Handle? What floats your boat?

[cooncatbob]

Well I tried it out with the Tom's cream and it worked great. The loong thinner handle seems to make for a more natural whipping action (like whipping eggs with a wisk). It splayed a bit when loaded with cream and shed a few bristles.
It's bloomed like crazy and I'm going to have to modify my rack to fit it, it's to small for the 1 inch wide brush slots so I'll have to enlarge a razor slot..
Thanks for the kind comments.

 

[JMT]

It's bloomed like crazy

I'll say, it doesn't even look like the same brush. It looks very nice, good work.

 

[letterk]

How did you like the blanks from blankity-blanks? Decent hair?

 

[cooncatbob]

The only thing I have to compare it to is my machine made Best Badger brush from Shavemac for $35. This brush is much softer as it has the natural tips and says it's Silvertip. It's also denser. It whips up the cream faster with less strokes. It's shed a bit but I hope that's just cause it's new and as you can see from the pics it bloomed like a rose. Time will tell how it hold up, but so far I like it a lot.
There also doesn't seem to be any other suppliers that I've been able to find using Google.

 

[letterk]

I've looked as well. You can send a handle to Shavemac, but that's a whole lot of hassle.

 

[rtaylor61]

Bob,

That is some beautiful work. Personally, the overall design is not my preference, but I can recognize and appreciate the beautiful craftsmanship. Beautiful selection of wood, and you now have a brush that can become a family heirloom. Congratultions on "turning" out such a magnificent piece!

Randy

 

[AceHarddrive]

Hey Bob!

You've got some talent there! What would it take to make a brush in silvertip, 24mm knot? What size of holder would it fit in?

Thanks Bob!
~Tim

 

[Jim]

Bob

Looks great!!
Sign me up Up for a 23-24 mm.