Simpson Boar Bristle

It looks like a twig for sure but I think Dave is right and it’s an unusually thick hair.  On top of that I suspect it may have been turned around with the thick end facing out.  When it came time to get rid of it I tried just pulling it out and that did the trick.  And even then the hair split about half way down and I had to pull it twice.  Then though it came pretty flush with the glue bump and shouldn’t cause me any more problems.

Wow! Have never seen anything quite like that.

This is what I was left with after yanking the hair out. 

It looks like a twig for sure but I think Dave is right and it’s an unusually thick hair.  On top of that I suspect it may have been turned around with the thick end facing out.  When it came time to get rid of it I tried just pulling it out and that did the trick.  And even then the hair split about half way down and I had to pull it twice.  Then though it came pretty flush with the glue bump and shouldn’t cause me any more problems.

Dave was being sarcastic

Was it a twig? I don’t really know much about boar brush manufacturing and just figured by the time it got to the factories any debris/foreign objects would be removed.

If that’s not the case than my guess would be a piece of straw/hay.

It looks like a twig for sure but I think Dave is right and it’s an unusually thick hair.  On top of that I suspect it may have been turned around with the thick end facing out.  When it came time to get rid of it I tried just pulling it out and that did the trick.  And even then the hair split about half way down and I had to pull it twice.  Then though it came pretty flush with the glue bump and shouldn’t cause me any more problems.

Dave was being sarcastic 

Well don’t I feel silly! 

It looks like a twig for sure but I think Dave is right and it’s an unusually thick hair.  On top of that I suspect it may have been turned around with the thick end facing out.  When it came time to get rid of it I tried just pulling it out and that did the trick.  And even then the hair split about half way down and I had to pull it twice.  Then though it came pretty flush with the glue bump and shouldn’t cause me any more problems.

Dave was being sarcastic 

Well don’t I feel silly! 

No worries, been there plenty of times myself