Just a guy who shaves.

[GearNoir]

Man, that is a tiny thing! Nice resto though!

 

[dkeester]

Great job on the restore. It looks almost as good as new.

It seems like there should be an easier way to get a boar knot than to cut up a metal brush handle.

 

[NurseDave]

 

[TobyC]

You did a great job! I've always wanted to restore that type/shape of handle, but I'm scared of messing it up beyond repair and throwing away the investment.

Thank you sir! Nothing to be afraid of, go for it.

 

[TobyC]

Man, that is a tiny thing! Nice resto though!

Thanks man, it's really cool to use, and Rosewood to boot!

 

[TobyC]

Great job on the restore. It looks almost as good as new.

It seems like there should be an easier way to get a boar knot than to cut up a metal brush handle.

Thanks Doug, that's the only way I know to get Zenith knots, but other boar knots are available from several places without a handle. Zenith makes the knot in the handle at the time of manufacture, and they are good knots.

 

[TobyC]

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They call them Troll dolls these days, back in the '60's they were Dammit dolls.

Maybe I could give one some boar hair!

 

[Spider]

Great job on the brush! Looks fantastic.

 

[TobyC]

Great job on the brush! Looks fantastic.

Thanks man!

 

[TobyC]

My most recent fix.

As found;




Hair removal.





New life.







Shaved with it today along with the 45/70 DE89, flawless shave as always.



.

 

[MilkCrate]

Nice work!

 

[GearNoir]

That funky knot removal...lol
Ewwww!

 

[dangerousdon]

Nice reno on the brush there. I have a similar one I have been wanting to work on. Got a little busy I guess.

 

[TobyC]

That funky knot removal...lol
Ewwww!
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Yeah, some are kinda nasty looking. This brush had a steel ring which had rusted badly, which made it look bad, you can see it still in place in the pic. I was able to tap it out the bottom and get rid of it without hurting anything. Can't do that with a Rubberset, those are molded in.

 

[TobyC]

Nice reno on the brush there. I have a similar one I have been wanting to work on. Got a little busy I guess.

Do it man, not that time consuming, helps you disengage from the world for a little while.

 

[TobyC]

No before pix, just made the handle look better and made the letters white, original boar knot. It's cool when they're branded for another company. This is another small brush, I think it's a #1.

Used this brush and my 45/70 EJ/DE89 today, flawless shave as always.

 

[TobyC]

Son-in-law found a razor in some junk shop and bought it for me a year or two ago. Don't laugh, he tried to do a good thing.

It's one of those German things that come in cheap leather travel kits.









The handle weighs nothing, the baseplate is aluminum, and the zamak cap is the heaviest part of the razor. The handle is so light that if you lift it just a little the whole razor rolls over and balances on the cap.






Here I am holding the handle down.

 

[woodpusher]

Maybe this is his way of suggesting that you need to start working out?

 

[TobyC]

I think I posted this brush elsewhere, but I'll put it here too.

 

[TobyC]

Yesterday I shaved with that razor and brush, perfect shave as always.