I'm not a particularly "handy" guy. I'm willing, I've just never had much experience, nor a real interest in much that required it. One day I was poking around on eBay and came across vintage brushes, and thought "man, those look fantastic!". I sent my wife a link to one, and received it as a Christmas gift. I've posted below some photos of the handle with the new knot.
Lessons I learned -
Sometimes they used vulcanized rubber to secure knots. Vulcanized rubber melts.
Use less epoxy to fill cracks, or don't use epoxy to fill cracks.
Five minute epoxy is really five minute epoxy. Five minutes goes by quickly.
Buffing wheels on a dremel get hot, heat melts bakelite, don't leave the wheel in one spot to long.
You need more epoxy than I originally used, but less epoxy than the amount I ended up using.
Lessons I learned -
Sometimes they used vulcanized rubber to secure knots. Vulcanized rubber melts.
Use less epoxy to fill cracks, or don't use epoxy to fill cracks.
Five minute epoxy is really five minute epoxy. Five minutes goes by quickly.
Buffing wheels on a dremel get hot, heat melts bakelite, don't leave the wheel in one spot to long.
You need more epoxy than I originally used, but less epoxy than the amount I ended up using.