Shaving Brushes restorations.

Will be using this, soon enough.

Thanks Teiste

I wish I would have found this before wrecking a couple of handles.

I know this is old, but I thank you. Made life much easier!

Nice Rob! Is that a Plissoft handle? And what size and kind of knot is that?

(03-03-2016, 07:32 PM)lestorfreemon Wrote: Nice Rob! Is that a Plissoft handle? And what size and kind of knot is that?

Sure is, good eye The knot is an Ace 24mm two band. I had one of these knots in my Elite Razors M7 style, and absolutely loved it. Tons of scrub & backbone but no scritch. Bob at Elite was kind enough to sell me a knot by itself and that left me looking for a 24mm handle. The Plissoft seemed like the perfect donor so I ordered one up. With Tieste's steam suggestions, pulling the Plissoft knot was a breeze!

I used the steam method I found here at TSN to remove the synthetic knot from one of my Bufflehead brushes. I then installed a Nathan Clark Envy White Supreme knot, which ended up being set at 31x55-56. This has quickly become one of my favorite brushes with its super luxurious face feel and perfect backbone.
This project was super fun and I ended up with a custom brush that I adore.

This is a VERY informative post!
Thanks!

Curious if anyone has an opinion on the use of Simichrome Polish (which I have) vs Flitz (which I'd have to buy) to polish and buff a vintage brush handle to shiny, like-new brilliance?  


Thanks, all!

One more for the zombie thread.  

Just steamed a Pure knot from a shavemac.  Love the hair, but at 23/50mm it's to floppy IMO.  Been using it o-ringed to 44.9mm, love it.  

Only shed one hair since steamed apart, I'm going to let it dry and cool for a day or so to see if the knot is stable then bore and reset at 45mm with RTV.  

Thank you for posting the How To!

Thanks for this information.  I'm planning on removing a couple knots this weekend.

Thanks again.
Shelby

Very informative post!