Thread: What is the best knot you have bought?

So I hope someone can look at the photos and say what knot looks better and could talk about quality of knots from the diff vendors.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/1...62148564229825

Response to original OP.

SHAVEMAC Shaving Brush H41021 Real Horn Handle with Silvertip

Originally Posted by JeremyDeLaGarza

So I hope someone can look at the photos and say what knot looks better and could talk about quality of knots from the diff vendors.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/1...62148564229825

Just from pictures? Probably not.

Yea I figured. Feel has a lot to do with quality

That, and you also wouldn't be able to tell how well the knot was made. If you want quality without the guessing game, go with what everyone uses (TGN). We wouldn't use them if they were bad...

You pics have some TGN knots in there. The ones with the yellow ends marked 24 STA are the grade A silvertip knots from them. A very popular knot here.

Yep I also have a Super Finest 2 band and a Finest 2band

You said you wanted to talk about knots from different vendors...I only know of one that people use. They have such a variety that instead of discussing which vendor you should choose, I think you'd more want to discuss which TGN knot you should choose. In that respect, most people will say either get a finest (aka two band) or a silvertip grade A. If you feel like splurging, get a high mountain white (also TGN). Heck, even if you wanted a boar knot, TGN has those too.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

...[I]what I have been told[/I] is Badgers are not farmed in china,they are trapped, skinned and eaten,is an important food source in china just like rats.Badgers are very distructive animals in farming areas and considerd vermin.
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Badgers can very well be trapped, skinned, sold here in the US. Well they are in the areas where they live. They are a "nuisance" species here as well (again, in their habitat). Lucky for them, they don't live in TN. I have considered Groundhog though...

I'm reading this because my knot keeps shedding, nearly a year later. Yes I contacted the importer.

Anyhoo, badgers are not "protected" in the US, there are regulations and rules for the trapping and shooting thereof--just like for squirrels and deers and mooses... but there are PLENTY of them. (Ref. Colorado Game regs: Nov1-Feb28 there is no limit of any sort on badger. The fact that March-Oct harvest is prohibited could be construed to be a "protection" but really it's just that the pelt is non-prime).

We just have higher labor costs, regulations, and "socio-political" issues that muck up the production of vermin-hair brushes in this country.

try "badger pelt" on ebay...

But of course you might want a "green" pelt (fleshed and dried, not salted) to get the hair in the best condition, as opposed to a "tanned" pelt as there are multiple ways of tanning skins and you need to know before trying to make a knot.

A pal goes to CO every few years to hunt. He failed to get a "roadkill" for me last time. maybe next time.