“Learn to Gel a Badger Knot” from Neil at HCS

Neil from Heritage Collection Shaving was kind enough to post this up so I just wanted to share it here. Neil is an awesome guy, very humble and super gracious to deal with.


https://youtu.be/Oor91k7RpT8

https://youtu.be/oDc5p041WlE

https://youtu.be/XGm0DsBWS_4

I just tried this method and can report it works extremely well. The bleaching products were readily available at a local store. 15 minutes of effort provided great results. I’ll post some photos ASAP.

I just tried this method and can report it works extremely well. The bleaching products were readily available at a local store. 15 minutes of effort provided great results. I’ll post some photos ASAP.

Heck ya, glad to hear that, looking forward to seeing your results.

I’ve got a bunch of older Maggard’s 2-band knots that are perfect candidates for this treatment.

I was able to purchase the Ion bleaching products for about $7 at a local beauty supply store.

I mixed a 50/50 mixture of the Ion powder and liquid and then dipped the dry tips of a Oumo Manchuria badger in the mix.  I then spread it around the tips and down about 5mm in the white area of the badger knot. Then I used my wife’s hair dryer to blow hot air on the knot. I then let the product stay on the brush for 11 minutes.  At 11 minutes, I washed it off and instantly saw a change in the knot.  After application, it had changed from a nice badger knot to a very white and gel tipped knot.  It is very slippery and soft now.  I am quite impressed at how easy this was to do.

@A. Feitar Thanks for sharing your photos. Maybe I can try this on a Silvertip I have that I was planning on moving along. This is really cool to share with the community. Teiste Have you seen this yet? If I remember right, you shared your experiment a bit ago using a different type of softening process using another type of bleach. Can you share any thoughts for this thread's topic of softening tips?

I mixed a 50/50 mixture of the Ion powder and liquid and then dipped the dry tips of a Oumo Manchuria badger in the mix.  I then spread it around the tips and down about 5mm in the white area of the badger knot. Then I used my wife’s hair dryer to blow hot air on the knot. I then let the product stay on the brush for 11 minutes.  At 11 minutes, I washed it off and instantly saw a change in the knot.  After application, it had changed from a nice badger knot to a very white and gel tipped knot.  It is very slippery and soft now.  I am quite impressed at how easy this was to do.

Fantastic work! I’ll hit up the beauty store this week and give it a shot. Thanks for being the guinea pig on this and sharing your results!

For the boar owners, Neil also posted how to gel a boar:

https://youtu.be/rRjcm8JnY2s

https://youtu.be/47mCEZHpLCE

Neil from Heritage Collection Shaving was kind enough to post this up so I just wanted to share it here. Neil is an awesome guy, very humble and super gracious to deal with.


https://youtu.be/Oor91k7RpT8

https://youtu.be/oDc5p041WlE

https://youtu.be/XGm0DsBWS_4

Nice thanks


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I have a less than $10 RazoRock (Zenith) boar brush that I have been unable to break in completely after trying every trick in the book. Real marble polisher this one!! Anyway, I would like to try this but I am not sure it's worth investing $10 in crap I'll use just once + I haven't owned a hair dryer since 1982.