Thread: Morris & Forndran

Originally Posted by Phrank

I called them on the phone at one point, said I knew which brush I wanted, they had it(I checked), told them I'd pay them right now and the shipping and they said, "No way Jose"...it's there business so wasn't going to argue with them, they have a nice stock of them as well....sigh!

Perhaps they are using exclusive items to get increased local foot traffic into their store. L.A. is the second largest city in the U.S.

Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings

Perhaps they are using exclusive items to get increased local foot traffic into their store. L.A. is the second largest city in the U.S.

Well its their call. Either it makes business sense for them or it doesn't. But it seems odd that their strategy to increase sales might be to turn away customers. Whatever.

I really don't agree with not selling brushes online, but yeah, I guess if that's what they want to do.
They do seem to have a couple of idiosyncranies.

It makes sense to me. They are selling used brushes, in the price range up to and above $400. I can't imagine the drama that some people would create buying online etc. I tried calling them about getting one shipped, but never received a call back and I found mine minutes later on ebay. Keep looking, they come up, they also go quick so it's a challenge.

Originally Posted by prodigy

It makes sense to me. They are selling used brushes, in the price range up to and above $400. I can't imagine the drama that some people would create buying online etc. I tried calling them about getting one shipped, but never received a call back and I found mine minutes later on ebay. Keep looking, they come up, they also go quick so it's a challenge.

I wouldn't be surprised if those that are continually popping up on ebay are theirs. If Lee Sabini is the sole source, and if they are carrying his brushes, seems to me there is a connection between them and the bay sales. I don't care how big a city LA is, the number of people who walk in looking to pay $300.00 to $450.00 for a shaving brush isn't a multitude. IMHO.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I wouldn't be surprised if those that are continually popping up on ebay are theirs. If Lee Sabini is the sole source, and if they are carrying his brushes, seems to me there is a connection between them and the bay sales. I don't care how big a city LA is, the number of people who walk in looking to pay $300.00 to $450.00 for a shaving brush isn't a multitude. IMHO.

Very true. But the brushes I've seen of recent on the bay are new, and old Towne is selling used brushes. They source them from clients, and I don't believe they sell any that are brand new, from lee. I could be wrong, but that's what the website suggests. I love mine, and I think I got a very good deal, considering mine is huge and was the same price as the smaller ones on the bay.

I've never owned one but have used them. Excellent brushes, Rooney too.

Originally Posted by prodigy

Brush finally arrived today. It took a little while, coming from Deutschland. It's a monster, 31mm+. I don't have calipers to find out exactly, but the other brush in the picture is a 28mm WSP High mountain white. Test shave coming soon, very excited!

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How is that 31mm knot, is the loft at about 55mm?

Could you let me know what you think of this brush? Does it have lots of "scritch", is it too big? Very curious about how a big brush like this handles and I've to hear about the alleged, "gell tips"?

Thanks...

Funny thing about knot size. Seems, as with most things in this sport, YMMV is the rule rather than the exception. I remember speaking with Lynn a couple of years ago and he said, IIRC, that 26mm was about as large as he liked in a knot. That Chubby 3 Manchurian I had was 28 and too much of a good thing for me, but mainaman loves his.

Oddly enough I have found that 23-25 is my sweet spot.

And + 1 on please let us know if it is scritchy ! I've held off on the M&F brushes because it ain't like I need to spend the $ for yet another brush, and if it ain't scritchy it is a waste of my time and money. When it is too scritchy for everyone else it is just right for me.

Hey good morning guys. Thanks for the interest. I'm not really a big brush guy. I've now settled on 3 brushes, and one is my not so good first brush that I never use. I sold my my thater around the time I bought this M&F. I had a simpson manchurian that I also sold. I would say the gel tips and scritchiness fall somewhere between the thater and simpson manchurian. I'm not an expert at determining brush characteristics, so I hope this helps some. I've been away for an internship all summer and did not bring the M&F, so I'll use it again soon and get back to you with a revisited analysis of this brush.