04-28-2014, 10:40 AM
A friend of mine gave me 2 pure badger knots
Base knot 24mm and Loft at 67mm,he get them from PC Woodcrafts and Pens.
If you remember my previous "how i test my knots" you can understand better the procedure:
Here they are out of the box:
![[Image: 18116860gn.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18116860gn.jpg)
![[Image: 18116862vf.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18116862vf.jpg)
I wash them,let them dry,i load a soap and i made palm lather
I rinse them,let the dry,here how they look like:
![[Image: 18116859lz.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18116859lz.jpg)
![[Image: 18116861lg.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18116861lg.jpg)
I took each one as is dry and made some swirling movements in my palm
No hard push just simple moves as i do in my face lather
It's not a torture,few times left to right and right to left as a normal shaving,here the results:
![[Image: 18116944gl.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18116944gl.jpg)
![[Image: 18116947nm.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18116947nm.jpg)
For me that's a knot failure,no good backbone,not adequate for a proper shaving with swirling movements,just painting that i don't like it !
In comparison with a Frank Shaving pure badger knot,24mmm knot base glued few mm inside the handle.
Here they are before the test,both of 3 of them:
![[Image: 18116949ah.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18116949ah.jpg)
Here they are after the test,take a look the FS's,almost as it was,stiff and ready for more action
The PC WP's they just collapsed !
![[Image: 18116948wk.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18116948wk.jpg)
How can i make the decision to glue those knots ?
Would any of you take the risk and glue those knots ?
Tell me your opinion.
Base knot 24mm and Loft at 67mm,he get them from PC Woodcrafts and Pens.
If you remember my previous "how i test my knots" you can understand better the procedure:
Here they are out of the box:
![[Image: 18116860gn.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18116860gn.jpg)
![[Image: 18116862vf.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18116862vf.jpg)
I wash them,let them dry,i load a soap and i made palm lather
I rinse them,let the dry,here how they look like:
![[Image: 18116859lz.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18116859lz.jpg)
![[Image: 18116861lg.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18116861lg.jpg)
I took each one as is dry and made some swirling movements in my palm
No hard push just simple moves as i do in my face lather
It's not a torture,few times left to right and right to left as a normal shaving,here the results:
![[Image: 18116944gl.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18116944gl.jpg)
![[Image: 18116947nm.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18116947nm.jpg)
For me that's a knot failure,no good backbone,not adequate for a proper shaving with swirling movements,just painting that i don't like it !
In comparison with a Frank Shaving pure badger knot,24mmm knot base glued few mm inside the handle.
Here they are before the test,both of 3 of them:
![[Image: 18116949ah.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18116949ah.jpg)
Here they are after the test,take a look the FS's,almost as it was,stiff and ready for more action
The PC WP's they just collapsed !
![[Image: 18116948wk.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18116948wk.jpg)
How can i make the decision to glue those knots ?
Would any of you take the risk and glue those knots ?
Tell me your opinion.
04-29-2014, 12:28 AM
My first thought was to toss them but take a look from above the diameter of those knots
Comparing to FS are smaller,if i dig the handle and put them a little deeper i thing they would look like an 20mm knots.
I am hesitate because you know my fiend how much work need to be done to remove them and clean properly the "nest" of the handle.
Should i try with silicone just for one shaving ?
Comparing to FS are smaller,if i dig the handle and put them a little deeper i thing they would look like an 20mm knots.
I am hesitate because you know my fiend how much work need to be done to remove them and clean properly the "nest" of the handle.
Should i try with silicone just for one shaving ?
05-06-2014, 07:27 AM
I found a spare handle,i was not using it
A little work on the base knot,i "toss" it more in the handle to prevent overbloom
I glue it not very good but enough to do the test
and the lather began.
![[Image: 18202735by.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18202735by.jpg)
![[Image: 18202737pk.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18202737pk.jpg)
![[Image: 18202738gk.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18202738gk.jpg)
![[Image: 18202736vg.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18202736vg.jpg)
![[Image: 18202872sq.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18202872sq.jpg)
In the beginning everything looked good but when the time for swirling came look what happened with a little pressure:
![[Image: 18202869qc.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18202869qc.jpg)
The knot under the foucet,no backbone at all.
![[Image: 18202870xo.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18202870xo.jpg)
Here it is in the end of shaving.
![[Image: 18202871zs.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18202871zs.jpg)
What you think about it now ?
Me, i am not happy at all.
A little work on the base knot,i "toss" it more in the handle to prevent overbloom
I glue it not very good but enough to do the test
and the lather began.
![[Image: 18202735by.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18202735by.jpg)
![[Image: 18202737pk.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18202737pk.jpg)
![[Image: 18202738gk.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18202738gk.jpg)
![[Image: 18202736vg.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18202736vg.jpg)
![[Image: 18202872sq.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18202872sq.jpg)
In the beginning everything looked good but when the time for swirling came look what happened with a little pressure:
![[Image: 18202869qc.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18202869qc.jpg)
The knot under the foucet,no backbone at all.
![[Image: 18202870xo.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18202870xo.jpg)
Here it is in the end of shaving.
![[Image: 18202871zs.jpg]](http://up.picr.de/18202871zs.jpg)
What you think about it now ?
Me, i am not happy at all.
![[Image: no.gif]](http://bsmilies.de/blue/ja/no.gif)
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