Removing a knot to a different handle

I have a Shavemac Silver Tip, it is a great brush. With one expectation I do not care for the handle, I believe it was custom made for another forum.

Can the knot be removed and placed into a new handle?

Is there aanyone who does this type of work?

It can be steam boiled out but it might stain/fade or hurt the handle. Should not affect the knot.

Usually you drill out the knot to save the handle or sacrifice the handle to save the knot. The former is done a lot more often than the latter but usually this process either destroys the handle, the knot, or both.

I've never tried to steam or boil a handle to remove the knot.

My thought would be to carefully remove it by cutting away the old handle (very slowly and carefully) with a dremel. I'd stay away from the hair of the knot and work to carefully to trim around the plug from the bottom slowly until all of the old handle material were removed. Still a risk to do though.

Why not just sell the brush and buy the same knot again? If it's one of the numbered limited edition brushes you'll likely get enough for it to purchase a loose knot.

What's good about steaming is the handle can be saved.

Usually you drill out the knot to save the handle or sacrifice the handle to save the knot.  The former is done a lot more often than the latter but usually this process either destroys the handle, the knot, or both.  

I've never tried to steam or boil a handle to remove the knot.  

My thought would be to carefully remove it by cutting away the old handle (very slowly and carefully) with a dremel.  I'd stay away from the hair of the knot and work to carefully to trim around the plug from the bottom slowly until all of the old handle material were removed.  Still a risk to do though.

Why not just sell the brush and buy the same knot again?  If it's one of the numbered limited edition brushes you'll likely get enough for it to purchase a loose knot.

That might be the best option to sell it and buy another brush. Thanks.

It can be steam boiled out but it might stain/fade or hurt the handle. Should not affect the knot.

I have heard contrary views to this as there is still the possibility of compromising the knot's integrity.

Personally, I would send it to one of the brush artisans such as Doug Korn, Rudy Vey, Brad Sears, etcetera.

Good luck.

I have heard contrary views to this as there is still the possibility of compromising the knot's integrity.

Personally, I would send it to one of the brush artisans such as Doug Korn, Rudy Vey, Brad Sears, etcetera.

Good luck.

+1 and very sage advice. Per the other comments though, if an LE for a forum I would imagine you could easily sell it and just buy the knot you're looking for.

The great thing, Bernd has incredibly consistent knots from my experience so you should be able to duplicate what you're looking for with a brand new one.

I am interested in this for different reasons. I have a vintage brush I had reknotted by a member on a different forum. I bought a nice knot from the Golden Nib, and sent it to him. It returned in awesome condition. After about 3 weeks of use, the handle broke. I super glued it. Then it continued to break many more times, usually in different places. I am sure it is due to the aged celluloid or Bakelite material that the handle it made of. Needless to say the handle is almost worthless, but it still has the like-new bulb shaped badger hair knot that continues to perform. I suppose I need to contact one of the brush makers to see if they could salvage the knot and place it into a usable handle. Only then would I know for sure. I just hate to waste a good knot, or have to buy another because the handle fell apart.

Doug Korn routinely does this type of work for Thaters and Shavemac knots. I'm sure the others mentioned can do the same.

Doug Korn routinely does this type of work for Thaters and Shavemac knots. I'm sure the others mentioned can do the same.

I second on Doug...