Whipped by a WhippedDog 24mm High Mountain Badger!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am well aware that the URL WhippedDog.com is in most (if not all) of our browser favorite lists. I am here to scream to the world that I now know why! I just received, cleaned, and shaved with my first brush from Larry. It is a 24mm High Mountain Badger, and boy does it rock! I didn't have any issues with the odor that are common in natural brushes. The loft is perfect and the rebound is spot on! I don't know why anyone would spend as much as I have seen some of these brushes go for.

V/r,

Jason Bradshaw

Lets see how it holds up down the road,I hope well.

That's what my friend used to say about cars. He could never understand why folks would pay so much for one when his Yugo got him where he wanted to go and it cost so little.

Everything is relative.

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Originally Posted by thebigspendur

That's what my friend used to say about cars. He could never understand why folks would pay so much for one when his Yugo got him where he wanted to go and it cost so little.

Everything is relative.

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Guy walks into an auto parts store and says to the guy behind the counter "i'd like a windshield wiper blade for a Yugo."

Guy behind the counter thinks for a moment and replies "yeah, that's a fair trade."

Haha. Thats funny.

I have several brushes, and some of them are from whipped dog. While I think they are typically a good value, I can also tell you that there are some very nice customs in my shave den that see far more use. I too have a hard time thinking of spending some of the big bucks that some brushes go for. If it was all hype there is no way that the companies could survive for as long as they have. The whipped dog brushes have their place in the market too.

If you have a brush set up to make a nice one, Makes no difference the handle, source, seller.
What is important is that it is good!
Enjoy! :D

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Originally Posted by sharptonn

If you have a brush set up to make a nice one, Makes no difference the handle, source, seller.
What is important is that it is good!
Enjoy! :D

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Sorry,but your not going to get a real HMW Knot for 20 bux,some handles are works of art,not a $3.00 pce of extruded crap from china.

Perhaps true. We all know about that.. But, as long as it is good, the OP can only move up?
If he likes what he has, he shall love what he finds in time. JMHO

Geez, the OP is pleased as punch with his new brush and now people want to rain on his parade.:shrug:

Bob

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Originally Posted by BobH

Geez, the OP is pleased as punch with his new brush and now people want to rain on his parade.:shrug:

Bob

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Not true Bob,any Brush will work to a point

It's good to have a great feeling from a bargain , I,m happy for you , but as said don't be too disappointed down the road if it doesn't perform long term. You do get what you pay for ,and Larry provides a great source for you guys starting out to not spend a lot to try this firm of shaving , now when you've done it more than a couple of months and have tried a few more brushes I'd like to hear the review again,mand as pixel stated , Hugh mountain white ain't happening in a cheap brush, I had cheap when I started, and still glad I done it, it got me going, enjoy it, but when you can try a quality brush too , don't miss out on the good life. Tc

Well, either way, Roll with it! Pixel would never use half of my brushes! Pigs and horses!:roflmao
As I related, if it is good, it is! :tu

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Geez, the OP is pleased as punch with his new brush and now people want to rain on his parade.:shrug:

Bob

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Appreciation of the finer things only comes after using the less finer things.

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Appreciation of the finer things only comes after using the less finer things.

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Yes, true to a point. Oth I have found myself feeling a bit let down by some finer more expensive things too. Happiness is where you find it.

Bob

I have had one of Larry's WD Silvertips for over two years now. It is excellent and absolutely in the "Best Bang for the Buck" category. I got one of his High Mountain knots after they came out. I had Larry put it in my Bethlehem Olivewood handle. The knot is 24mmx50mm. It has fast become one of my favorite brushes.

FYI-It is NOT a High Mountain White, nor does Larry claim that it is.

My WD High Mountain

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psf8gqkstv.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ps1yklupot.jpg

I've had a WD High Mountain Badger for a couple of months now. It's a great brush, especially for the price. I'd like to try something like a Simpsons Chubby one day, but until that day comes, I'm perfectly happy with my WD High Moutain and my Omega Boar.

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Originally Posted by Lince

FYI-It is NOT a High Mountain White, nor does Larry claim that it is.

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Exactly.

Bob

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I have had one of Larry's WD Silvertips for over two years now. It is excellent and absolutely in the "Best Bang for the Buck" category. I got one of his High Mountain knots after they came out. I had Larry put it in my Bethlehem Olivewood handle. The knot is 24mmx50mm. It has fast become one of my favorite brushes.

FYI-It is NOT a High Mountain White, nor does Larry claim that it is.

My WD High Mountain

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psf8gqkstv.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ps1yklupot.jpg

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Funny looking Knot,JMO:)

Great that the OP is enjoying their brush.

I can't say the same for my synthetic and boar WD brushes. Mainly because mine were set way under the advertised loft and I have to deal with exchanges now.

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? :shrug:

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Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Not true Bob,any Brush will work to a point

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Originally Posted by sharptonn

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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.