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12-12-2014, 10:31 PM #1
Yet again Robin alludes to child labour in China - with what evidence? Making brushes is a semi skilled activity that requires a degree of manual dexterity. It is not a vast production process, therefore why use a child, who will remain a child for just a few years, when you can have a fully trained workforce that continues from day to day?
Brush making requires just a few people to keep us all happy - if Robin knows something different and can supply the proof, I'm prepared to eat my words.My service is good, fast and cheap. Select any two and discount the third.
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Obie (12-12-2014)
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12-12-2014, 10:45 PM #2
Obie,
I have to thank you for making them available. I would not have noticed them otherwise, and it would have been my loss.
Understandably, given the Frank Sinatra Kim Novak days
As have I. There is a remarkably vivid Lindy Hop scene in Berlin (of all places), and I dearly like the music.
There is nothing better in the world. I think we can agree on that easily. Except, maybe, a straight on a stick.
I stand corrected, and can only offer my apologies to you, Rob. I hope you do not mind my calling you Rob, Rob. You know, my country does not have as rich a history in slave labour as yours. Therefore, I tend to keep too many things for granted. For which, again, sincere apologies. But I would greatly appreciate your explaining how a $5 silvertip badger brush knot from China can be manufactured without, shall we say, a competitive working environment?
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12-12-2014, 10:53 PM #3
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Obie (12-12-2014)
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12-12-2014, 10:56 PM #4
Robin and Rob,
Forgive me for leading the thread off course, gentlemen. Well, with Kim Novak and Rita Hayworth, who can blame me?
Please let us stay within the thread's focus: If you had but one brush, what would it be?
Thanks, and may good fortune swim in your lane.
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12-12-2014, 11:05 PM #5
Forgive me Obie, you know I'm a big fan of yours. My experience of brushes extends only to the Chinese Badger options plus a few original American boars. To be honest, I find that TGN knots are extremely good and suit me just fine. The long haired boar brushes are a nice change of pace - as you can probably tell I do not suffer from sensitivity, or fools gladly.
My service is good, fast and cheap. Select any two and discount the third.
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