Purpleheart silvertip

[jafford]

Hi guys I'd like to share my first born with you.
These are the first two fully functional brushes I've done, made for a friend, (a surprise birthday pressie)

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Made from purpleheart with a silvertip knot,
nothing to rival the quality of our resident brush makers i know, but the sense of achievement was great
Hope you like
Gary

 

[rangers62]

Well done Jafford

They look really nice in my opinion, 'proper' if you know what I mean.

Particularly like the brush on the right, lovely.

Cheers

 

[jafford]

Thanks Rangers, much appreciated

 

[Teiste]

Gary,those brushes looks really good!Well done,sir.

 

[Audiolab]

I am not keen on wooden handled brushes but they do look very nice, a lovely deep colour and nice grain showing. If these are your first ones then that is very impressive work.

Out of curiosity what are the knot/loft sizes to get a scale on the size of them?

 

[Arrowhead]

Good job, very nicely done.

 

[moodymick]

I can honestly say I have never seen or heard of Purpleheart before. :?

It is very damn smart though sir!

 

[jafford]

The knots are 20mm set at approx 50mm loft

 

[whiterosegent]

Very nice looking, unusual colour too.If they work as well as they look,it's an excellent job jafford.

 

[henkverhaar]

Nicely done. Be advised that purpleheart will turn brown over time - more quickly when heated (it's primarily an oxidation reaction). These handles look as if they do not have a waterproof finish, so the wood will be exposed to oxygen from the air, and will repeatedly (once a day?) be heated through immersion in hot water - they probably won't be purple for long.

Cheers

Henk