Vintage Culmak restore

[Yellow Jim]

This is my first brush restoration attempt. It's an old Culmak brush that I picked up as an extra in a travel set. The knot I used for the restore is a TGN 18mm best badger; I set the loft at 45mm. The knot is a little more bulb shaped than I prefer and the tips of the bristles are scritchier than Simpson's best, but I'm quite pleased with my first attempt, it's got the right sort of backbone that I was going for and makes for quite a nice face lathering brush. Generates lather in no time at all and releases it well.

Pre-bloom shot first and then after two lathers.

This is what the brush looked like originally. I cut the bristles off near the base and drilled the old knot out, then cleaned up the inside with a rotary tool. I went a bit deeper than I needed to really because I wanted to play about with the loft. Since I had gone deeper than required, I decided to use Milliput epoxy putty to set the knot. This allowed me to fill the hole to required level and set the knot in one go.

 

[Ids]

The handles got a really nice finish!

 

[Sunburyboy93]

Awsome Stuff, really nice looking brush, now i want another vintage restore.............git !

also didn't realise the Wee Scot was so tiny :shock: are these made in Lilliput :? :?

My god................looks good but christ it's tiny

 

[Yellow Jim]

I didn't do anything special with it, just gave it a bit of a polish with Maas. On the other side of the brush the Culmak name is still faintly impressed. I've tried filling it in with a fine pen, but I'm not that happy with it, I think I may just clean it out and leave it blank. Unless anybody has any other ideas about what I could fill the imprint with?

 

[Dipesh]

That's lovely.

Where is a decent place to find a butterscotch handle?! I'm stumped and you've really inspired me to do a resto now.

 

[Yellow Jim]

I picked the two pictured up off ebay. They were hidden inside the chrome travel tubes in two old grooming kits that I picked up primarily for the razors.

 

[Dipesh]

Cheers Jim, i'll get on the hunt. I'm normally rubbish at finding things like that though!

 

[trainman]

That's lovely.

Where is a decent place to find a butterscotch handle?! I'm stumped and you've really inspired me to do a resto now.

I got one off TGN,good price and quick delivery.

 

[trainman]

This is my first brush restoration attempt. It's an old Culmak brush that I picked up as an extra in a travel set. The knot I used for the restore is a TGN 18mm best badger; I set the loft at 45mm. The knot is a little more bulb shaped than I prefer and the tips of the bristles are scritchier than Simpson's best, but I'm quite pleased with my first attempt, it's got the right sort of backbone that I was going for and makes for quite a nice face lathering brush. Generates lather in no time at all and releases it well.

Pre-bloom shot first and then after two lathers.

This is what the brush looked like originally. I cut the bristles off near the base and drilled the old knot out, then cleaned up the inside with a rotary tool. I went a bit deeper than I needed to really because I wanted to play about with the loft. Since I had gone deeper than required, I decided to use Milliput epoxy putty to set the knot. This allowed me to fill the hole to required level and set the knot in one go.

A big pat on the back to you sir,that is a job very well done,i'm thinking i should send you my handle and knot to fix for me.

Dave.

 

[Yellow Jim]

Thank you Dave. Maybe best to leave your restore in the hands of one of the more experienced brush makers though, I wouldn't want to muck it up.
Try giving it a go yourself though, if I can manage it without too many problems I think anybody can.

 

[N_Architect]

Very nice work James, thank you for sharing this.