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What's Your New Brush?

Dave in KY said:
You never know what the finished product will be until the lathe stops turning
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This is very true. There can be awesomeness or blandness hidden beneath the outer part of a blank. Though that's in the eye of the beholder. I have yet to see anything uncovered while a piece is on the lathe that I haven't loved. Maybe it's the newness of turning for me, but if it is I hope I never get jaded.
 
Thanks to a fellow Cadre member who steered me to Whipped Dog, I have a 24mm High Mountain badger brush in an ivory resin handle. I wanted a bit more backbone so Larry drilled & set the knot 3mm deeper than the normal depth of 10mm. Here's a couple of pics before the initial breaking in lather, & then one of the initial lather.





 
Your pics make it look tiny. To me at least. I guess the handle reminds me of the Wee Scot, so my brain is telling me it's small.
 
Spider said:
Your pics make it look tiny. To me at least. I guess the handle reminds me of the Wee Scot, so my brain is telling me it's small.
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Here's a picture of it beside my Rudy Vey brush. The Whipped Dog is on the right. It is a bulb knot & my Rudy Vey is a fan knot. I put my new Aristocrat Jr. in the foreground for some perspective.

 
Very nice. I have both RV and WD, and can't complain about either. The ivory finish is looking good too, I may have to add one to my collection at some point.
 
Great pick-up Dave!!! I've been looking at those lime green Paladin's as well, but already have a Jade one in the den.
 
Dagwoodz said:
Great pick-up Dave!!! I've been looking at those lime green Paladin's as well, but already have a Jade one in the den.
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Thanks Josh. The Jade is still there tempting me as well as 2 of thesePK-47 28 mm Butterscotch have been there since the last drop.Has my interest because of the loft and free loft both being 54mm. I like the look although not exciting enough to pull the trigger...........................trying to exercise restraint at least at some level.


 
I’m a little late in finding this thread, but those are some great looking blanks and brushes! I can’t keep up with you guys, but I did score these.

 
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