Rooney GS Brush & Ivory Moss Scuttle

Here are a couple of recent purchases of mine. I thought I'd post up and recommend them to others, since IMO they are both superb.

First is a Rooney Silvertip brush, with faux ivory handle. 105mm tall with a 20mm knot.

Rooney make these for The Gentlemans Shop in Hungerford UK, hence they are badged 'GS' rather than Rooney. IMO these are a superb deal, not only do they look and perform great, but they cost only £30 for a Silvertip brush, whereas a similar sized Rooney Style 1 in Super costs £48!! :shrug: :ziplip:

I'm lucky to live only a few miles away from The Gentlemans Shop so I was able to check out all of the brushes there first hand, and compare them against each other. The GS/Rooney was a hands down favourite even without taking price into account - it looked the best and felt the best in my hand.

Next is the familiar Moss Scuttle from Sara Bonnyman. I previously owned a large scuttle from Sara in Cobalt Blue, but stupidly sold it. I've missed it ever since and when I heard she was selling them in a new colour (Ivory) I placed an order, this time a small sized one. It suits the Rooney brush nicely, and even goes well with my new RW razor. :tu

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Beautiful!!!

I'm loving the ivory colored (coloured) Moss scuttle. I've not liked the other colors but this is simply attractive.

I also love how each individual piece in this set compliments the others. Almost looks as if they were made to be in this set.

Enjoy it!!

Steelforge - congratulations on your new purchases. Sara has been using that particular finish on her pottery for along time, but it was her idea to extend it to the scuttles.

I see you are in Swindon - I was born and lived till I was 18 in Chiseldon.

Chris

Hi Dr Moss.

I know Chiseldon quite well, it's only a few miles from where I live. Actually I was born just near there too, at the RAF hospital at Wroughton (which has now been demolished).

Small world. :)

The ivory is a great colour for scuttles, good move of Sara's producing them in this colour too. :)

That's a sweet set up. Congrats. I have the large Moss scuttle and it's my favorite.

That's a sweet set right there, Iwan. Gonna take some beating!

Very nice set up there. That will start your day right. :tu

Jordan