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12-14-2013, 11:07 PM #1
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Thanked: 1184That was my guess ...all mane. Clean it up and put some conditioner on it. Will still be full of back bone but may feel a little better.
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience....well that comes from poor judgment.
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12-15-2013, 12:18 PM #2
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12-15-2013, 12:39 PM #3
That's very cool to have something of your Grandfathers. Enjoy it and I hope it proves useful for you.
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12-15-2013, 12:55 PM #4
Maybe it was used to bring up a lather, but you applied to your face with your fingers?
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12-15-2013, 03:10 PM #5
That thing should not be stiff or course at all. I am guessing it needs a good cleanup to get rid of any junk on the hairs (a mild soap or hair shampoo, followed by a conditioner), and then let it dry. Hopefully that should restore it.
Heirloom pieces like that are awesome. If it was mine, I'd keep and use it. I'd even have it re-knotted if it was beyond salvation as it is. Best of luck!
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12-15-2013, 03:25 PM #6
Thay are very hard and not supposed to be soft..
That's the same Bristle and hair i had in a old Kent brush from WW2 1945 NOS. So yes its a shaving brush but yeah thay got more backbone then anything i ever tried. Let is soak in hot water for a good 10 mins then use it, it will soft up alittle bit but its not made for wussy's
Last edited by MrMagnus; 12-15-2013 at 03:34 PM.
//Magnus
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03-18-2014, 12:22 AM #7
I concur with most of the posters here; really cool to have something passed down through the family, and I would have to "man up" and use it, lol.
The SR and the D/E I use both were my Father-in-Law's. It's an honor to have them, and to shave with them.