I recently made an M&F purchase in our BST forum and the following was included as part of the sale.
Rudy Vey R7 handle in ancient kauir wood, suitable for a 26mm knot:
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Originally I had no idea what to do with this handle. I was going to either hold on to it for a while and perhaps resell it if I didn't like the M&F brush, or perhaps just try my hand at knotting it myself with some inexpensive TGN or WSP knot to resell.
My fellow mods talked me into making myself a full brush I will actually use even though I have never attempted this myself.
My first step is to get in touch with Bernd to see about getting a 26mm D01 2-band hybrid knot. I have a custom one from him, but it's only a 23mm and I do wish it was larger.
Once that arrives, what on earth do I start doing?? I don't want to stain the handle, so I am thinking a number of layers of oil. What oil to use???? Do I keep applying oil until it gets where I want it before doing anything else with the handle?? Will I occasionally need to re-oil the handle??
I figure I should get epoxy, TGN sells an epoxy for $8 plus shipping, is this the best kind to get? Is something from my local hardware store just find and dandy??
How do I go about to determine how deep to sink the knot?
What else should I be thinking about here?
Rudy Vey R7 handle in ancient kauir wood, suitable for a 26mm knot:
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
![[Image: pho7.jpg]](http://imageshack.com/a/img22/7421/pho7.jpg)
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![[Image: o17z.jpg]](http://imageshack.com/a/img202/8164/o17z.jpg)
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![[Image: ezng.jpg]](http://imageshack.com/a/img708/5812/ezng.jpg)
Originally I had no idea what to do with this handle. I was going to either hold on to it for a while and perhaps resell it if I didn't like the M&F brush, or perhaps just try my hand at knotting it myself with some inexpensive TGN or WSP knot to resell.
My fellow mods talked me into making myself a full brush I will actually use even though I have never attempted this myself.
My first step is to get in touch with Bernd to see about getting a 26mm D01 2-band hybrid knot. I have a custom one from him, but it's only a 23mm and I do wish it was larger.
Once that arrives, what on earth do I start doing?? I don't want to stain the handle, so I am thinking a number of layers of oil. What oil to use???? Do I keep applying oil until it gets where I want it before doing anything else with the handle?? Will I occasionally need to re-oil the handle??
I figure I should get epoxy, TGN sells an epoxy for $8 plus shipping, is this the best kind to get? Is something from my local hardware store just find and dandy??
How do I go about to determine how deep to sink the knot?
What else should I be thinking about here?