Thread: "Best" Brush for $100

[Why not buy from SRD?]

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Same reason People buy custom Razors or custom anything,to have a one of a kind item.

A one of a kind handle, maybe. But with a run-of-the-mill knot from China with all that entails.

[Chinese badger brushes treated with peroxide to give them the appearance of two band brushes]

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

That is totally untrue.

Funny how two brush makers with impeccable reputation told me exactly that independently, then. Personally, I tend to believe manufacturers more than retailers, because manufacturers tend to know their market better than anyone else.

Originally Posted by RobinK

[Why not buy from SRD?]

A one of a kind handle, maybe. But with a run-of-the-mill knot from China with all that entails.

[Chinese badger brushes treated with peroxide to give them the appearance of two band brushes]

Funny how two brush makers with impeccable reputation told me exactly that independently, then. Personally, I tend to believe manufacturers more than retailers, because manufacturers tend to know their market better than anyone else.

What two brush makers?? also do you have a vested interest in Thater??

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

also do you have a vested interest in Thater??

I do indeed. I provided them with approx 1.5 million Reichsmark in venture capital when they started their business, and have since become their majority shareholder. Is that a problem?

Originally Posted by RobinK

I do indeed. I provided them with approx 1.5 million Reichsmark in venture capital when they started their business, and have since become their majority shareholder. Is that a problem?

No problem at all,I can see why you like Thater brushes)

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

No problem at all,I can see why you like Thater brushes)

Thäter were founded in 1913, and currently have three employees. Nobody except their retailers has a vested interest in them. I must say that I find your insinuation libellous.

Originally Posted by RobinK

Thäter were founded in 1913, and currently have three employees. Nobody except their retailers has a vested interest in them. I must say that I find your insinuation libellous.

What Insinuation? I asked a simple question,I got a simple answere,what do you mean By Libellous?

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

What Insinuation? I asked a simple question,I got a simple answere,what do you mean By Libellous?

"also do you have a vested interest in Thater??" is not a simple question, but a loaded one. It insinuates that I do actually have a vested interest in Thäter. Which would constitute a conflict of interest if I recommended their products nonetheless (cf rigged review). And that is libel.

OK, something does not add up here. According to this interview Straight Razor Magazine: Interview with Harald Schuldes, CEO at Heinrich L. Thäter GmbH Thater was originally a wooden toy manufacturer until 1950 when they switched to paint brushes and much later to shaving brushes. The Reichsmark was the German currency from 1924 to 1948 when the Deutsche Mark replaced it.

Thater has nowhere near over 100 years of experience in the making of shave brushes but has existed as a company for that long in one form or another.

The Reichsmark in post war Germany was virtually worthless as currency.

Bob

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

What Insinuation? I asked a simple question,I got a simple answere,what do you mean By Libellous?

Just Saying...

Originally Posted by RobinK

Get a Thäter, and it will last for decades if properly treated. Thäter have been in business for more than a century, and I have seen some of their brushes from the 80s and 90s. Still in good shape.

Originally Posted by RobinK

I do indeed. I provided them with approx 1.5 million Reichsmark in venture capital when they started their business, and have since become their majority shareholder. Is that a problem?

Robin, was that in the last century ?

A million here, a million there ......... pretty soon we're talking real Reichsmarks ..........