Silver Birch Brushes

[Grishnak]

I have a couple of bowl blanks that i have thought about trying to put a spiral pattern into to help with building up lather, maybe someday as there is a lot of time that has to go into them.

A spiral sounds difficult!
I thought concentric circles, more like a bulls eye target pattern, would be easier.
Not that I know anything about turning, but would love to have a go one day.

 

[Steven_jagger]

It's been ages since I have turned a wood handle to busy with work to get near the lathe but today grabbed a piece of purple heart then started on a resin blank tonight

 

[Steven_jagger]

Chacate Preto wood, it has a nice weight to it.

 

[Steven_jagger]

Cocobolo with a 26mm tuxedo, always a fantastic looking grain and colours with this wood

 

[Boru62]

Got a package today from the very talented Steven.
I've had the brushes for a while, now I have two amazing sets:

Thank you Steven.

 

[Steven_jagger]

You are very welcome Kevin, it was a challenge to make the handles working to tenths of a millimetre and making the brass insert to maintain the functionality of the settings

 

[Steven_jagger]

Had a blank sitting and someone had mentioned a keyhole shape, shape is spot on just need to get the finish nailed.

 

[Steven_jagger]

On the left chacate preto with a 30mm tuxedo and on the right cocobolo with a 26mm knot of to their new owners

 

[Grishnak]

Love the temperature of the Cocobolo.

 

[Steven_jagger]

Piece of oak with a bit of burl in it, different from the usual wide bottom handles I do & 26mm silvertip and tuxedo fan knot. Wood finished in Danish oil this time.

 

[GoReds]

I have enjoyed a lot your handles in your posts! Fantastic brushes.

 

[Grishnak]

I have enjoyed a lot your handles in your posts!

..........as have many wives........

 

[Dr Watson]

Had a blank sitting and someone had mentioned a keyhole shape, shape is spot on just need to get the finish nailed.

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That's superb

 

[Steven_jagger]

Thanks for the complements guys, out of action at the minute but a new lathe hopefully being picked up on Thursday and getting back to some turning.

 

[Paladin]

Ok so I’m kinda new at wet shaving having only been doing it for a year but I don’t understand the why of synthetic brushes. With the availablity of very good, and very inexpensive, real badger hair brushes from China why would I want to use an inferior product? I’ve used a couple of supposedly good synthetic brushes and they simply can’t perform nearly as well as a natural hair brush. The only reason I can think of to use a synthetic brush is if you’re concerned with possible cruelty to badgers.
Its like a jacket or sleeping bag, down is far superior to polyester fiber. The only advantage of the fake down is price and performance when wet. In every other way natural down is significantly better.
So If badger brushes were all fairly pricey and synthetic much cheaper I’d get it, but that’s not the case anymore. So what advantage does a synthetic brush really have over badger hair?