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There fixed that bout of nasty self doubtNote to self: Prolly Is A Very Good idea when you sit on the couch, cruising shave goods sites to see if there are items you don't yet have after making the LARGE 14 cup pot because wifey takes the Thermos on Thursdays (see what I did there: Thermos Thursdays!!).
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Oooooooh….. Vector! Another satisfied shaver!
I had been eyeing that one as well.
Looking good...Are you gonna reapply the letter coloring?So I was so excited by the Badger I just got that I was gonna going to order another (and I still will, probably from a good BST down the road). Then I remembered my display brush I ruined.
For those who don't recall I tried to boil out the knot and ended up dulling the color and removing the ink from most of the etching.
Well looking online I found a trick to hand polish a dull rubberset type brush with car wax. Grabbed some from the garage and have it a try. It didn't restore the color but it did bring shine back to the overall surface. So, with some tool and some new determination, I managed to get the knot out (not clean, but I'll work on it).
So, I ordered a 20mm mixed boar / badger to set in there (which will be closer to the original boar they used in these). Hoping I like the mixed... as I loved the badger, hated the boar. Fingers crossed!
Boiling is never a good idea, I think @Graydog melted/deformed one. He may still have pix.So I was so excited by the Badger I just got that I was gonna going to order another (and I still will, probably from a good BST down the road). Then I remembered my display brush I ruined.
For those who don't recall I tried to boil out the knot and ended up dulling the color and removing the ink from most of the etching.
Well looking online I found a trick to hand polish a dull rubberset type brush with car wax. Grabbed some from the garage and have it a try. It didn't restore the color but it did bring shine back to the overall surface. So, with some tool and some new determination, I managed to get the knot out (not clean, but I'll work on it).
So, I ordered a 20mm mixed boar / badger to set in there (which will be closer to the original boar they used in these). Hoping I like the mixed... as I loved the badger, hated the boar. Fingers crossed!
He can't now, he applied silicone based car wax.
ahh.. Well he could clean out the lettering with one of those dental style piks sold at dollar tree couldnt he? Then he could redo the lettering with something like model paint and then reapply a coat of wax over that? Just curious because I had to do that with a brush im working on..
Wow! That lettering looks awesome. I should have done that to begin with. Ooh well, perhaps if it comes out awesome with the brush head, I'll continue to work on it.
yeah that too.. as long as you dont melt the rubber/ plastic..
is there a pic missing? you say 4 things but i only see 3....I did a good, albeit cheap, push to up my badger game this weekend...
Ordered a WCS 24mm Pure Badger brush
A 20mm Shave forge mixed badger / boar knot (to out in an eveready handle I already have
A Yaqi 22mm Sagrada Familia Two band badger brush
The last one will take the scenic route (from China) and arrive in April.
In the end, I'll have 3 badgers and a mixed brush to join my synthetic army. [emoji6]
