Post by mftoms59 on Jul 29, 2013 20:04:07 GMT -6
First, there are two terms I use describing Horse Hair Brushes; Prickliness is an irritating poking sensation, Scritch to describe a scratchy sensation that's not always irritating. Scritch can become irritating if the hairs that cause/ contribute to that sensation are numerous and bunched together.
I experienced this first-hand with a couple of Natural Brown knots and experimented with finding and clipping them ~1/3 of the way down the shaft, keeping the rest of the shaft intact. I haven't found the Natural White knots to suffer from the moderate to irritating scritch of the Natural Brown or Banded Horses, it's there, but in the background.
I used to enjoy the Natural Brown 35/65 Horses, but after using a couple of the 50/50 Natural Whites, 24mm knots set at 52 & 47mm lofts, the Natural Browns went bye-bye. These have been the best performing & highest quality V-L Horses out of the box and continue to improve with use, very little scritch, no lather hogging and the tips are exfoliating without being prickly.
These two Horses are in a 10 Brush Rotation, and have ~20 lathers each, and I've lost a total of ~4-7 hairs from each one in the first dozen lathers and none since. After four months, the scritch has relaxed even more, and the backbone is as stiff as the day I received them.
I'd recommend the 23 or 24mm knot in Natural White (50/50), they seem to be a bit denser than the V-L knots of the past though I haven't tried the 20 or 21mm knots. The Natural White knots are fantastic out of the box and improve quicker than any of the Horses I've owned previously, IMO, these are the best knots Vie-Long has ever produced. My 12750B is a great all-around; Cream/Soap, Face/Bowl lathering Brush and the 13066B is my Soap/Face lathering only brush.
The 12750B @52mm & 13066B @47mm, the color for the 13066B is closer to a Carmel with Reddish/Carmel tint on the top of the bulb handle & the neck just above the base.
I experienced this first-hand with a couple of Natural Brown knots and experimented with finding and clipping them ~1/3 of the way down the shaft, keeping the rest of the shaft intact. I haven't found the Natural White knots to suffer from the moderate to irritating scritch of the Natural Brown or Banded Horses, it's there, but in the background.
I used to enjoy the Natural Brown 35/65 Horses, but after using a couple of the 50/50 Natural Whites, 24mm knots set at 52 & 47mm lofts, the Natural Browns went bye-bye. These have been the best performing & highest quality V-L Horses out of the box and continue to improve with use, very little scritch, no lather hogging and the tips are exfoliating without being prickly.
These two Horses are in a 10 Brush Rotation, and have ~20 lathers each, and I've lost a total of ~4-7 hairs from each one in the first dozen lathers and none since. After four months, the scritch has relaxed even more, and the backbone is as stiff as the day I received them.
I'd recommend the 23 or 24mm knot in Natural White (50/50), they seem to be a bit denser than the V-L knots of the past though I haven't tried the 20 or 21mm knots. The Natural White knots are fantastic out of the box and improve quicker than any of the Horses I've owned previously, IMO, these are the best knots Vie-Long has ever produced. My 12750B is a great all-around; Cream/Soap, Face/Bowl lathering Brush and the 13066B is my Soap/Face lathering only brush.
The 12750B @52mm & 13066B @47mm, the color for the 13066B is closer to a Carmel with Reddish/Carmel tint on the top of the bulb handle & the neck just above the base.