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Post by celar36 on Dec 14, 2013 6:14:59 GMT -6
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RocketMan
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Post by RocketMan on Dec 16, 2013 0:44:26 GMT -6
Aye caramba! That is a heck of a heap of fur ya got there!
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papabear
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Looking for one that is just right
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Post by papabear on Dec 16, 2013 7:11:34 GMT -6
And I thought I had it bad. That is some impressive lot you have, Jack.
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Post by celar36 on Dec 16, 2013 9:25:43 GMT -6
You tell me.... its BAD
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Post by coolbus18 on Dec 16, 2013 11:15:46 GMT -6
a super collection. thanks for sharing.
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Post by drumzalot on Dec 16, 2013 16:57:40 GMT -6
Incredible. You have a collection of beautiful brushes they make such an elegant display.
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ShadowsDad
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None boring shaver!!
"It's not the bow, it's the Indian"
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Post by ShadowsDad on Dec 16, 2013 23:08:47 GMT -6
For not being at this very long, a very nice selection of badger.
OK, what's your favorite if that's even possible to determine?
Jack, did you want pix of our brushes?
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Post by celar36 on Dec 21, 2013 12:33:10 GMT -6
Hit me Brian:)
I cant make my mind
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RobinK
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Post by RobinK on Dec 21, 2013 13:02:57 GMT -6
Well, no SE in this. But a few brushes. Left to right: 35mm two band, 32mm two band, 28mm two band, 26mm two band, 21mm three band travel. Buried under a mountain of Esbjerg shaving soap, 24mm two band.
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ShadowsDad
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"It's not the bow, it's the Indian"
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Post by ShadowsDad on Dec 21, 2013 17:24:20 GMT -6
The timing for this is good. They happen to all be home for the moment. 2 synthetics are going out on loan Monday to a gent in Texas. Travel brushes are either in front of their tubes or standing tall on them. If I only traveled... I don't but I like small brushes. FWIW, I certainly don't need any more brushes, but my latest interest are synthetics and Simpsons is going to release a synthetic that's better than anything to come before by any manufacturer (so I've read on TSN) and I think one brush is going to have my name written on it. Todays synthetics are really good, and Simpsons first synthetic is a no-brainer for me since I like synthetics a lot. I have a pass around test brush headed my way in a few weeks. I'll know more than and post if anyone is interested. The boars and one horse. The Semogues bloom and they stay bloomed so they're smaller for cabinet storage with the rubber band around them, put there after they've dried. The horse is the one with the olivewood handle all the way to the right. The synthetics. The badgers. My new Simpsons LE P8 Phyl #95 is the one in back with the "tortoise shell" handle (no turtles were killed in the making of this brush). One of the Omega brushes is actually a badger/boar hybrid.
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RobinK
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Post by RobinK on Dec 21, 2013 18:51:10 GMT -6
Synthetics can be interesting. I was asked today whether the travel brush I own is worth its money. The answer is yes, but. The but being that a cheap synthetic with an equally cheap plastic tube with holes drilled into it will work just as well.
As for badger brushes, there are cheap Chinese brushes (with the child labour that likely ensues), overpriced British or Italian brushes, and then Shavemac and the ones I use. The buying decision is probably down to one's conscience.
Boar/horse/otherfunnyanimals: I have never cared. Given that a properly cared for badger brush will last 20-30 years, I do not care whether it costs €100 or €300, because the price makes no difference. As long as it is well made, it will be the only brush I will ever need. If I were to keep just one, it would be a 24 or 26 millimetre fan shaped brush from the ones I own. Everything else is just a waste of money.
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papabear
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Post by papabear on Dec 21, 2013 18:51:57 GMT -6
I stand in awe of your collection, an impressive lot indeed.
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ShadowsDad
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Post by ShadowsDad on Dec 22, 2013 0:33:01 GMT -6
Thanks PB, and amazingly it just happened. For the longest time I used one brush. Then I built a shave cabinet, BAD set in, and I had to try yet another brush, many times. The interesting thing is that they're all good, most are factory made, a few I made. I got rid of the few that didn't work- all factory brushes. One was a Semogue boar that I reknotted into a badger fan (in the pic) and another a German travel brush that I just couldn't abide the handle of. I hand away brushes that work fine, mostly to servicemen, and that's what's left. OK, I've also sold a few to friends too. I find that even the truly inexpensive Omega boars work just as well as the more expensive, but fairly priced hand made Simpsons, but they aren't as pretty or reknotable. If a brush works and does it's job well, I use it. OK, I also enjoy the different feel they bring to the shave. Amazingly one of those boars is a $.50 chinese boar that I found at a salvage goods store that buys fire damaged items, insurance items, and such. I really thought that it would be a dog, but it's actually turned out to be a pretty decent brush after it broke in. I bought 130 some odd of them many years ago and sold them at cost to members of another forum a few years ago thinking they'd be OK brushes to hand to a noob as a first brush; just to get them started. After trying mine for awhile I realized just how good it was. Then the reports began coming in and others thought exactly the same thing. I've been using that $.50 brush for years. I never expected that. I figured it would self destruct in a few uses, but price indicates nothing when it comes to being useable for shaving I've come to find. I keep checking that store for more of those brushes, but I think it was a one time event. I'm guessing that maybe a box of brushes got perforated at the local railyard and it was an insurance claim. The store in the same town as the railyard got them. The label on it was in French, so I'm betting they were on their way to Quebec since that railyard links up to a Quebec line. Remember the town that burned this past summer, Lac Megantic (?), that line. Anyway, as many brushes as I have clogging my cabinet, I bet HT has many more. The problem is how to photograph them. This is the first time I've done it. I've seen many gents with badger collections that absolutely make my jaw drop. I have nothing in comparison. Look at Jacks collection too and the relatively short time he's been at it. If he keeps it up he'll have one of those jaw dropping collections in no time.
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Post by celar36 on Dec 22, 2013 16:30:33 GMT -6
ykmmm P8 on the way plus I got LE Semogue Mistura this week. Brian could you PM me more details about Frank Brush? Thanks:)
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exapno
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Post by exapno on Dec 22, 2013 17:35:04 GMT -6
As I have a grand total of one brush, I'll wait a while before posting any pictures. I'm a synthetics only user (always have been), even in the early days when almost all synthetics were appalling. Happily, that isn't the case anymore. I have two brushes commissioned (two FS synthetic knots) and being made at the moment so I'll post some pics when I receive them. One is destined for a friend but if initial pictures are anything to go by both brushes are far too beautiful to give away.
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