Need a Brush? Make Your Own!! (Pic Heavy)

[Mesquite]

There's a green woodworking group I belong to on Facebook and in it there's a large number of extremely talented people who make some gorgeous and wonderful things.

One of them is Ulf Anderson Eckhardt and he's just posted a series of pictures of how he makes traditional brushes from green hazel. I asked him if I could share the pictures of how he does it as I thought folks on here would like to see the process. As you can see he kindly agreed to let me

Apparently they're made this way by Native North American tribes.

To give you an idea of what he makes these are some of his completed brushes.

This is how he does it in stages

And this is how he teases the bristles out from the wood.

 

[Toddy]

Oh, wow Those are excellent
I would love to watch him make those

I need to have a play

Steve? thank him for the photos please ? and thank you for posting them here too

atb,
M

 

[British Red]

How great to and useful!

 

[Clouston98]

That's amazing! I bet they make great little dusters!

 

[British Red]

I was hearth brushes for the stove

 

[Man of Tanith]

that looks as cool on here as it did on Facebook.
didnt Mears make something a tad larger for the hog roast at end of wild food series?

 

[John Fenna]

I really like that!
Another project for the list!

 

[ozzy1977]

I bet they are a heck of a lot harder to make than the pics make them look

 

[Mesquite]

That's amazing! I bet they make great little dusters!

I was hearth brushes for the stove

The other idea suggested for them is to use them for basting BBQ sauce and similar over your meat as it cooks

I bet they are a heck of a lot harder to make than the pics make them look

I'm going to find out a bit later

 

[Shewie]

Nice, it's interesting how he peels it back rather than carving

 

[dwardo]

I made one ala mears style a few times but always carved them which seemed much harder. Must try this peel method thanks for posting.

 

[Hugo]

I saw them on Facebook Steve, worth a try I think.

 

[Albus Culter]

Wow

That is really cool. Great skill and patience I guess.

 

[Mick721]

Those are tremendous. You must need the patience of a saint to make one.

 

[Teepee]

Good stuff Steve.

I like those, must have a go this weekend.

 

[Mesquite]

That's amazing! I bet they make great little dusters!

Good stuff Steve.

I like those, must have a go this weekend.

Sounds like a plan Pete, I'll try and get some suitable hazel as Sam doesn't have any on have his site

 

[Teepee]

Nice one Steve. It'll be a good thing to do.

Let me know if you struggle, I can nip up to the Hazel coppice to get a bit.

 

[hiho]

any chance of a link to the farcebook group?

 

[Toddy]

I've just had a shot at it with a bit of pinkie thick gean that was pruned in September.....and it works

Mine's not tidy, and I didn't get the two sides close enough to the centre to please me, but for a first go at it, I'm pretty chuffed.
HWMBLT will find me some fresh hazel to play with tomorrow

atb,
M

 

[Man of Tanith]

oooh sounds like we have another thing t try out this weekend.
look forward to this Lads