Thought I would share a couple of my brush restores

SRNewb · Monday February 2, 2015

These are the first three restores I've ever done. I think they came out well.

#1 is a Peerless. Replaced the old nylon knot with a 20mm Pure Badger.

#2 is an Ever Ready 500PBT with an 18mm TGN Finest F2

Lastly an Ever Ready 100 with a 20mm TGN Finest

fancontroller · Monday February 2, 2015

They look great. Well done, especially for a first go.

I have an old Ever Ready brush that I sometimes think I should re-knot. How do you find the brushes perform with quite a small knot size?

mrjackoboy · Monday February 2, 2015

well mate, hope mine come out as good.

Roy_Drage · Monday February 2, 2015

Nice work.

discodaz · Monday February 2, 2015

they look great! good job!

pjgh · Monday February 2, 2015

Neat! The knots all look well positioned. There's something just nice about those vintage Ever Ready handles, isn't there?

wazza · Sunday February 8, 2015

Great work, I especialy like the green handle.

SRNewb · Monday February 9, 2015

Thanks, all of you. For some reason I am not getting reply notifications. Need to go back into my preferences and check what's up.

Mike, I prefer smaller knots. 20mm is a favorite size for me. The brushes work very well with the knot sizes I use for them. I'm thinking of pulling the Pure Badger in the Peerless, and may go with a 22mm, just to have a larger knot in my rotation.
I would encourage anyone interested in trying this to do so. If you go slow and careful it will work out well. It's not super hard, at least so far.
Paul, I agree. I much prefer the vintage handles. They have "personality".
Wazza, the Peerless was my first, and that green was the reason!