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Sounds good. Thanks.There is a guy that i had found while googling, who made a quick experiment, to see how much time the brush needs soaked to get fully saturated. He did that, i think, by measuring the weight of the brush. And if i remember correctly, his results showed that 90% saturation occurs in the 1st minute. So you don't need to let it there soaking for too long. I usually give it 3-5 mins and i think they 're more than enough.
Not sure I am able to follow your reasoning that presoaking brush in water would stop fibre absorbing stuff from soap.
It will come out, although I have never taken apart this particular brush but I had dismantled a couple of Omega 48s. Take the ring off and push the knot from the inside of the handle, I cut the handle and then insert a screwdriver handle and bang down on a hard surface and the knot should pop out, you can also cut away the plastic collar once if you wish without damaging the knot. Good luck.Anyone rehandled the Omega Pro 98? Want to put one in a wooden barber handle but not sure if the knot comes out of the black casing and the metal ring. I know the top pops off the handle as people put plasticine in it for weight.
Six days, six uses later... I declare the Zenith “broken inâ€
Apart from this morning where my Vitos misbehaved the brush has stood up well against a Maseto finest badger and a MÜHLE Synthetic, it's almost certainly that little bit too tall for a dedicated face latherer but still perfectly usable once you adapt to its quirks... I've flung more lather around the bathroom than ever this past week!
It is extremely dense for a boar, I think (that's) what threw me this morning... I kept getting runny lathers, in hindsight I obviously had too much water in the knot which is strange as the water content was no different to the previous 5 days/uses.
Perhaps it's water retention ability improved somehow? Is that part of boar break in?
As soft as the best silvertip badger I bet and looking great!My old Vulfix is so soft I can only use it for creams now:
As soft as the best silvertip badger I bet and looking great!P.
These old Vulfix knots were hand sorted, there are little to no thick bristles. They were made by hand & I think this took too much time as they were discontinued when Mr Watterson Senior retired. The bristles now are super soft but still need soaking as they are quite fragile. Luckily I have a few London series boars as this Hyde Park looses a few hairs each shave.
I do have some Vulfix knots left & keep meaning to pair them with these handles:
Turned by the late Bill Jack, & so long a go I can't remember what two of the woods are. The middle handle is Laurel wood (Prunus Rotundifolia) from my old garden. I think they may be Rosewood (left) & some sort of Birch.
Could offer as a of a group buy/special order. They have a minimum order for each model around 48 pcs I think.
Any model in particular, I still have one No.35 :https://postimg.org/gallery/34gwuq3ty/
No.42 - No.43 - No.45 - No.34 - No.35 - No.37
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