Project by Bill Hall | posted 12-08-2008 05:36 PM | 2557 views | 3 times favorited | 9 comments | ![]() |
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This is a cocobolo shaving brush that I made for my Father’s birthday. I used a silvertip badger brush knot as my Father deserves the best. I turned the handle, sanded to 1200 and finished it with Renaissance Wax. The knot is epoxied into a hole I created with a forstner bit on the lathe.
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PetVet
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#1 posted 12-08-2008 05:50 PM
That’s a great gift idea, and very nicely done! Where do you get the badger brush knot?
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Bill Hall
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#2 posted 12-08-2008 05:51 PM
Thanks. I got the knot at http://www.thegoldennib.com/.
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#3 posted 12-08-2008 05:54 PM
very nice.. i wonder how many woodworkers here know what that was used for? your dad raised you right.
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#4 posted 12-08-2008 06:42 PM
That’s nice. Makes me want to lather up and strop up a straight edge.
lew
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#5 posted 12-08-2008 08:39 PM
Beautiful Brush and beautiful pictures!
Don’t know about the leather strap thing, rikkor, had enough of that when I was a kid!
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#6 posted 12-09-2008 12:30 AM
Fantastic. I just started shaving with a double-edged safety razor a few months ago, and I am jealous of that brush as my crappy store-bought one actually just fell apart at the handle due, it seems, to the crappy glue being near hot water. That there is quite a brush you made.
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#7 posted 12-09-2008 07:15 AM
Very nice. Looks like you could start making some to sell.
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#8 posted 12-09-2008 02:49 PM
Very cool project. I’m sure your father will love it. Thanks for sharing, Bill.
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enzo61
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#9 posted 08-14-2017 11:12 PM
Very, very good….
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