Removing old bristles

[churchilllafemme]

I have a brush handle from which I want to remove the old bristles, so that I can replace them with a new silvertip or super knot. However, I'm not really a handyman and don't have a dremel or even a power drill. I had read that one shaver here had used channel lock pliers to yank out old bristles, then used a drill with a dremel bit to get the last of them out. Does anyone have any other suggestions for getting the residual bristles out without a power drill? If I were going to be doing this regularly, I'd buy a drill, but I probably am going to do just the one brush. Any ideas would be appreciated.

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John
"Thank God and Greyhound She's Gone"

[Sodapopjones]

Depends on the brush, if its one that wasn't hand tied and is just a plug, good luck with that you're going to need a drill or a lot of patience and an ice pick to get all the epoxy out.

These are the steps I use before I bust the drill out,
Tape the entire handle with duct tape, making sure to go completely go around the collar and fold in the pieces of tape with my thumbnail.

A pair of scissors or sheers and trim the bristle down as far as possible

After that comes the drill

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[Blue As A Jewel]

Or you could just send the handle in to Rudy Vey or Bernd at Shavemac... unless you see yourself as doing a number of these restorations/repairs

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- Ravi -

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[Squire]

Or band saw the handle in half lengthwise, chisel out what doesn't belong, epoxy the two halves back together . . . wait a minute, you don't have a band saw . . . never mind.

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[druphus]

[Squire]

If they did I'm sure it would cut.

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