Who has re-knotted a Rubberset 400 with a boar knot.

[ezmike]

I'd like to use a TGN boar knot in my 400-4 but based on comments in my other thread I'm not sure which size boar knot to buy.

I just heard from Tony at TGN and the hair tuff above the plug on the 24mm boar knot measures approximately 27.6mm. So while the plug will fit in the ferrel it looks like the tuff above the plug be compressed quite a bit as it exits the Rubberset 400 handle.

I guess the question is, are the tuffs above the plug of the 24mm badgers as big as the boar? If so and they fit, will the boar?

Or should I go with a 22mm boar to okay if safe? But will there be too much play?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Mike

 

[mswofford]

Mike; See post #245 in The Rubberset 400 Club. Apparently the cup on the TGN 22mm boar knot is 24mm+ and requires a little bit of fitting into the the 24mm 400 upper.

 

[ezmike]

Thanks. That's one with a collar like on an Omega brush. TGN had them without the collar too. Another forumite measured a 22mm boar above the plug and it's a touch more than 24mm which should work nicely. I'll post pics once they're done.

Mike