This Moar Boar of a sub member was loosing a lot of bristles. They were done with it and let me have it.

I was surprised how hard it is to cut off all the bristles of a boar knot!

It was so hard that I was convinced I was cutting into the glue bump and had finally figured out its shape:

But the actual glue came a few mm deeper.

I was worried at first that the tiny hand mill wouldn’t be up to the task and that I’d need to find a 32 mm Forstner bit and figure out a way to grip the handle strong enough to withstand the torque of the Forstner bit on a drill press without ruining it, but as it turns out, it was quite easy and quick to get the hole deep enough:

I’ve set the handle with a 30 mm Maggard Silvertip knot, and I’m looking forward to trying the most exclusive of all subbrooshes, the Moar Badger soon.

  • gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social
    2·
    6 months ago

    Nice project! I’m just now reading the post so sorry about asking about the knot size earlier. I’ve only used the sgrdddy method (heat/steam) to remove a knot. I’m not sure it will work with larger diameters though.

    • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.socialOPM
      2·
      6 months ago

      Thanks! I love how it turned out. Super enjoyable brush.

      I didn’t try the steam method because I was worried about damaging the handle. I think it’s also some kind of epoxy, so I wasn’t sure the glue would soften more than the handle😅

      And I had no reason to try to keep the knot alive, so trying the mill route seemed like the smaller risk