New life for an old brush.
- Thread starter TobyC
- Start Date
OP
- Messages
- 5,602
- Location
- Cat-Pig Swamp
- Thread Starter
- #50
OP
- Messages
- 5,602
- Location
- Cat-Pig Swamp
- Thread Starter
- #51
- Messages
- 15,906
- Location
- Halifax, Republic of Yorkshire
Yep, Testors model paint.
How's it done? Roughly painted in and wiped/removed from the ferrule leaving the paint in the recessed letters?
OP
- Messages
- 5,602
- Location
- Cat-Pig Swamp
- Thread Starter
- #53
Wet sanded with 800 grit then polished with toothpaste and a wet cloth.
- Messages
- 17,593
- Location
- Sunny Cornwall
OP
- Messages
- 5,602
- Location
- Cat-Pig Swamp
- Thread Starter
- #55
Amazing brush... well done.
Only wish I could find one round this neck of the woods....
OP
- Messages
- 5,602
- Location
- Cat-Pig Swamp
OP
- Messages
- 5,602
- Location
- Cat-Pig Swamp
- Thread Starter
- #58
Just got, E. Clinton & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.) brush.
OP
- Messages
- 5,602
- Location
- Cat-Pig Swamp
- Thread Starter
- #59
There are flats on one side where you can see the rough sawn marks from the board they turned it from, very cool!
Even up next to the hair at the top.
Even up next to the hair at the top.
OP
- Messages
- 5,602
- Location
- Cat-Pig Swamp
- Thread Starter
- #60
Can't find much info on the company.
This is from Jan 01, 1876.
The latest date on anything I found was 1923.
This is from Jan 01, 1876.
The latest date on anything I found was 1923.
OP
- Messages
- 5,602
- Location
- Cat-Pig Swamp
- Thread Starter
- #61
The hair is black horse and I am going to try to save it, but I will have to remove it to clean and seal the wood so I can use it without getting the wood wet every time.
WW1 horse can have anthrax. The supply lines were disrupted during the war so they got hair where they could, and some was used that wasn't sterilized, some folks got sick and some died.
www.smithsonianmag.com
www.livescience.com
WW1 horse can have anthrax. The supply lines were disrupted during the war so they got hair where they could, and some was used that wasn't sterilized, some folks got sick and some died.
How Shaving Brushes Gave World War I Soldiers Anthrax
A new paper looks back on an old epidemic—and raises fresh questions about antique shaving brushes
www.smithsonianmag.com
The Strange History of Anthrax Cases Tied to Men's Shaving Brushes
Men's shaving brushes made from animal hair were once linked with cases of anthrax around the time of World War I, according to a new report.
www.livescience.com
OP
- Messages
- 5,602
- Location
- Cat-Pig Swamp
- Thread Starter
- #62
Found a 1932 date piece of mail.
- Messages
- 3,150
Fantastic as always, Toby. An amazing artifact and to have survived so long. We read of straights and other razors that are 100+ years old but nary a shaving brush.
Especially interesting is the USMC marking and the way it has been turned i.e a scavenged flat board as you mentioned. Function over form to them but still gorgeous in form to us.
You’ve set yourself a fair old challenge there but we’ve seen your ‘miracles’ before. No walking on water mind…
Very much looking forward to your progress and final results.
Especially interesting is the USMC marking and the way it has been turned i.e a scavenged flat board as you mentioned. Function over form to them but still gorgeous in form to us.
You’ve set yourself a fair old challenge there but we’ve seen your ‘miracles’ before. No walking on water mind…
Very much looking forward to your progress and final results.
OP
- Messages
- 5,602
- Location
- Cat-Pig Swamp
- Thread Starter
- #64
Thank you sir! It's the first I've seen like this, and I doubt many are still around. It was war production stuff, and they didn't care if it wasn't perfect.