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TitleBrushmaking process model - pointing
RepositoryHarrow Museum Collection
Ref NoHMC/I/1/2017:77
ObjectNumber2017:77
Date20th Century
DescriptionHamiltons brushmaking process model - pointing (straightening) the bristle. The bristles are bound around a stick with string.
CommentsTo prepare the bristles ready to be fitted onto the handle, first the hair must be straightened by tightly binding it to a stick and then heated in a steam oven (2017:77). A laying-up band (2017:82) is knocked tightly onto the bristle with a mallet (2017:76) and the root of the bevelled knot is trimmed level (2017:78), before being dipped in rubber (2017:79). A ferrule is attached, and the brush head trimmed (2017:80) ready to be fitted onto the handle (2017:81).
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Object NameTool
MaterialsBristles, wood, string
AssociatedObjectNumberPart of a set used to demonstrate the brushmaking process: 2017:76-81
LocationOn Display
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