definition of "handmade"

[joe mcclaine]

At least with cigars you know where you are;

Totalmente a Mano is quite different to Hencho a Mano.

Perhaps a 'standard' could be;

Totally hand made - lathe turned handle, hand-knotted.
Hand made - either of the above two processes carried out by machine.
Finished by hand - just the glueing carried out by hand.

[Sodapopjones]

At least with cigars you know where you are;

Totalmente a Mano is quite different to Hencho a Mano.

Perhaps a 'standard' could be;

Totally hand made - lathe turned handle, hand-knotted.
Hand made - either of the above two processes carried out by machine.
Finished by hand - just the glueing carried out by hand.

We won't ever see that, there is way to much money to be lost in the shave world, hence the current standards we have now.

[Fido]

What level of skill is required to place a ready made knot in a ready made handle that has the correct dimensions for the knot to fit into and then to glue it together.

I want to get a knot from Golden nib, and a wood turner to make a handle with the correct hole size. Would it be easy for me to glue it in and seal the wood? It would certainly be a hand made, Made in England, brush.

[slimjim5751]

Just to throw a spanner in the works here i have a resin handle witch intend to put a silvertip knot from the golden nib .com i will use an epoxy resin to set the knot, and i hope to have a good quality brush that will last me a long time, how would you class this situation

[drmoss_ca]

There are no robot machines as in the automobile industry being served by exausted workers as in Fritz Lange's Modern Times-yet.

Seems to me you are conflating Fritz Lang's Metropolis with Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times. Both involve machines that outpace the workers serving them. Two masterpieces.

Chris

[Chap]

perhaps this is relevant


Edit: whoops, here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA5VQuaKCxI

In this instance, the bristles seem to come in a plug, the handle is turned by machine with little human intervention, but from then on, the polishing, gluing and branding would all qualify as hand work in my opinion.

As far as a hand tied knot, I would like to see a quantity of hair being gathered, pushed into a shaped mould, the bottom of the hairs trimmed, the bristle hand tied with string, before being removed from the mould and the base of the bristles "set" in some form of adhesive cement to qualify as a completely hand made knot .

[Squire]

My fishing flies are hand made by me but I don't make the hooks, feathers, fur, silk floss or tying thread.