Dr. Dittmar Germany
Forehead Brush: Ebony Body Brush Black Bristles
Forehead Brush: Ebony Body Brush Black Bristles
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Ebony body. Bristles: Himalayan extra hard, first cut, visible length 2.5 cm.
Mass:
Width: approx. 6 cm
Total length: approx. 18 cm
117 bristle bundles in 9 rows
The brow indentation is the oldest method of attaching bristles to brushes. It's an ancient craft that has largely died out—only a very few manufacturers are still able to produce brushes this way.
How does forehead retraction work?
Once the brush body is finished, the real work begins: First, horizontal channels are drilled through the entire length of the brush body. This is done with a very long, flexible drill bit that must be guided very precisely. The horizontal channel must be in exactly the right position, just a few millimeters below the surface of the brush body, and the channels must run absolutely parallel.
Next, vertical holes are drilled from the side of the brush body where the bristles will later be located, ending exactly in the previously drilled channel. This explains why the channels initially created must run exactly parallel. This is a prerequisite for an even distribution of the bristle bundles in the hairbrush.
In the next step, the brush maker takes a bundle of bristles and bends them roughly in half. The bristles in these brushes are thus slightly more than twice the visible length of the finished brush.
The bristle bundle is inserted, bend first, into the rearmost hole of the first channel. A sturdy nylon or wire is then inserted into the channel and wrapped around the bend in the bristle bundle. The first bristle bundle is now anchored, and the anchor wire (or nylon) is firmly attached to the first channel.
The following bundles of bristles are then also grasped in the bend by pulling the anchor wire through the next hole and anchored in the brush body by tightening the anchor wire.
This is done about 100 times per brush (depending on the number of bristle bundles).
Finally, the holes in the channels on the front of the hairbrush are sealed with a special putty (hence the indentation on the front and the characteristic white dots) and the surface is polished.
One working day has passed and the brush is finished.
Why forehead retraction?
Machine-made (high-quality) brushes are punched. This means that the bundles of bristles (bent in the middle) are anchored to the brush body by a punching machine using a metal clamp. The disadvantage of the punching method is that very hard (expensive and long) bristles may break and lose their grip over time. While it can take many years for a machine-made, high-quality brush to lose a bristle or two, with the brow-tucked brushes, it is certain that the durability will not be compromised by broken individual bristles. 25 years or more is the norm for brow-tucked hairbrushes.
Mass:
Width: approx. 6 cm
Total length: approx. 18 cm
117 bristle bundles in 9 rows
Weight: approx. 160 grams
The hairbrush pictured will be delivered (the last one with the particularly interesting wooden pattern). It is currently unclear when and if a new production of this hairbrush will be possible.
The brow indentation is the oldest method of attaching bristles to brushes. It's an ancient craft that has largely died out—only a very few manufacturers are still able to produce brushes this way.
How does forehead retraction work?
Once the brush body is finished, the real work begins: First, horizontal channels are drilled through the entire length of the brush body. This is done with a very long, flexible drill bit that must be guided very precisely. The horizontal channel must be in exactly the right position, just a few millimeters below the surface of the brush body, and the channels must run absolutely parallel.
Next, vertical holes are drilled from the side of the brush body where the bristles will later be located, ending exactly in the previously drilled channel. This explains why the channels initially created must run exactly parallel. This is a prerequisite for an even distribution of the bristle bundles in the hairbrush.
In the next step, the brush maker takes a bundle of bristles and bends them roughly in half. The bristles in these brushes are thus slightly more than twice the visible length of the finished brush.
The bristle bundle is inserted, bend first, into the rearmost hole of the first channel. A sturdy nylon or wire is then inserted into the channel and wrapped around the bend in the bristle bundle. The first bristle bundle is now anchored, and the anchor wire (or nylon) is firmly attached to the first channel.
The following bundles of bristles are then also grasped in the bend by pulling the anchor wire through the next hole and anchored in the brush body by tightening the anchor wire.
This is done about 100 times per brush (depending on the number of bristle bundles).
Finally, the holes in the channels on the front of the hairbrush are sealed with a special putty (hence the indentation on the front and the characteristic white dots) and the surface is polished.
One working day has passed and the brush is finished.
Why forehead retraction?
Machine-made (high-quality) brushes are punched. This means that the bundles of bristles (bent in the middle) are anchored to the brush body by a punching machine using a metal clamp. The disadvantage of the punching method is that very hard (expensive and long) bristles may break and lose their grip over time. While it can take many years for a machine-made, high-quality brush to lose a bristle or two, with the brow-tucked brushes, it is certain that the durability will not be compromised by broken individual bristles. 25 years or more is the norm for brow-tucked hairbrushes.
