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NOTE:  This listing is for the brush handle only.  For a finished brush, please select a 26mm knot from the Premium, Standard or Synthetic selections in the Knots category listing.

The handle is shown with a 26mm knot for presentation purposes.

This brush features a handcrafted handle by Robert Quinn from curly Koa which only grows in Hawaii.  Koa is the largest tree species in Hawaii – the species exists naturally nowhere else in the world. It is the fastest growing of Hawaii’s valuable hardwoods. It can grow as much as an inch in diameter per year, reaching 100 feet in height, attaining a trunk diameter of 5 feet or more.  It is recognized worldwide for its remarkable variety of grain figure which ranges from plain, to curly, to deep fiddleback.  It was historically the material of choice for carved ocean-going canoes. Koa wood is the most prized cabinet and furniture wood in Hawaii.  Highly figured Koa is sought after for use in fine furniture, musical instruments, crafts, gunstocks, and knife handles.  This handle features accents of Amboyna Burl.

Handle height– 75mm

Socket size – 27mm