It's now a 28mm kabuki makeup brush.
A perfect, metallic pale sky blue in the ferrule, a looong matte white BarBear grip. So cool.
The Max Limited Editions began in February of 2018 when my daughter, Jadie Max, was born 10 weeks early with some scary complications and a lengthy NICU stay. I cut a prayer band into every non-fluted handle I made until she came home 8 weeks later. I'm very thankful to report that she's a happy, healthy, walking, talking kiddo now.
In a spirit of gratitude, I've revisited the banded grips every February since. Beginning in 2019, I began giving a portion of the profits from Max Edition handles to The CALL of Saline County - a local non-profit organization that works to recruit, train, and support families to foster and adopt children in need of a home. In 2020, Grizzly Bay contributed a total of $2,500, with $2,000 coming from the sales of Max Ltd Editions in February. I'd really like to top that in 2021, so I'll be making A LOT of Max Editions with $30 of each handle, and $50 of each handle/knot combo going to support The CALL.
In 2018 and 2019, the handles had a single band on the grip. In 2020, they had a single band and were produced sans-coin. For 2021, the Max Editions are getting a second band on the grip - just to set them apart. The girl is two, turning three this month... and let's call 2021 a second go at a year? haha
Two-piece glue-up
Brass Grizzly coin