Thread: Whipped by a WhippedDog 24mm High Mountain Badger!

If you want to see what a true HMW brush is look at the Plisson page. They start at around $300 for a smallish brush and go up from there and they don't even make them in larger sizes anymore or in many models.

So. He has a brush called a 'High Mountain', yet it is not a High Mountain white?

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Not true Bob,any Brush will work to a point

Well, he is happy with that point so what is the problem. It has been pointed that it is not advertised as a "high mountain white" grade knot but "high mountain". It could have been advertised as a "blueberry" grade knot and it would have made no difference as the OP is happy with it. Good enough for me.

Bob

Real HMW knots come from the snow country of Manchuria,some badgers actually Hibernate in cold climes.
Any trapper knows that the best hides,fur etc comes from extreme cold locals.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Real HMW knots come from the snow country of Manchuria,some badgers actually Hibernate in cold climes.
Any trapper knows that the best hides,fur etc comes from extreme cold locals.

Having been crazy enough to pay the price, and fortunate enough to be able to afford it at the time, I can say that there is a real difference in a Simpson Manchurian, Plisson HMW, and old Rooney Finest, then in other bristles I've gotten. I've never been educated on where and how they access these knots, but they are far and away superior to all of the others I've used. That is not to say that the others aren't very good, and that how they perform is subjective to the individual, but they are in a class of their own IMHO.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

So. He has a brush called a 'High Mountain', yet it is not a High Mountain white?

Yeah it's just "High Mountain Badger." It isn't advertised as high mountain white and he's never called it that. I have a 24mm WD High Mountain and I like it more than the WD Silvertip I used to own. It has a bit more backbone (and I even had my Silvertip drilled deep) but my High Mountain broke in and has "hooked tips" that feel super soft. It's a pretty nice brush for $26 bucks or whatever it is. I don't have the money laying around to go out and buy a $200 brush, so I like that I can get a pretty nice brush for an affordable price.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Real HMW knots come from the snow country of Manchuria,some badgers actually Hibernate in cold climes.
Any trapper knows that the best hides,fur etc comes from extreme cold locals.

Yes, and again what does that have to do with somebody being happy with a brush they just got regardless of what the seller is calling it or where it may or may not have come from.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Yes, and again what does that have to do with somebody being happy with a brush they just got regardless of what the seller is calling it or where it may or may not have come from.

Bob

Not a darn thing mr Bob,as I said above,if it works for you,thats all that matters.

I go 4 synthetische brushes from Wippeddog. They al perform great. I think a great deal, and when the brush can not do his Job any more buy another.

I suspect the term HMW is owned by Plisson. The old two band Rooneys were sold as Finest so when other outfits use HM they probably hope folks will confuse that with HMW. That's very common in most advertising.

As far as brushes in general go if they lather well enough to give you a good shave and last a reasonable period of time then they are one of those shaving product in the "it works" category. If you want better you buy better if it's not important to you then you don't worry about it.