Well she showed up today. I did a test lather just now. Still needs some break in, and some some nice smelling soap to get rid of the smell. It's not a pungent nasty smell, but not pleasant. Looks and feels awesome!
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Well she showed up today. I did a test lather just now. Still needs some break in, and some some nice smelling soap to get rid of the smell. It's not a pungent nasty smell, but not pleasant. Looks and feels awesome!
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Good looking brush! I have an older M7 and it's one of my favorites, mainly due to the handle shape and size. I've been tempted many times to try a Manchurian but the prices keep putting me off.
Love the look of the M7 handle and the one Simpsons Manchurian knot brush I have is my favourite brush. If I got another Simpsons badger brush it would be a Manchurian badger knot. Enjoy your new brush.
Bob
I turned my Black Friday Chubby 2 synthetic over to my wife to stuff in my stocking. I really want to get my hands on it. The Black Friday prices were super!
I am slowly working my way up the ladder on quality brushes. There are some collectors out there that really blow my mind with the amount of $ they have in brushes. I saw a sale recently on TSN in which a gentleman sold approximately $1,200 in brushes. I believe it was 5 brushes. That was just what he wasn't using. The quality brushes do seem to hold their value fairly well.
An old photo of the collection in about 2007 by Dr P ........... serious stuff ;
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Are they all Simpson brushes? It looks like the Simpson sticker on the vast majority of the brushes.
There was at least one Chubby 3 in Manchurian in that sale along with a Morris & Forndran and a Paladin. As I recall, a Rooney was the least expensive in that group.
Sorry for taking this off the original topic. I was fascinated by that picture of drP's collection, so I looked him up on that other site while watching some football. His collection is amazing. In the picture, I noted that most of the brushes were of the ivory color. That seemed a little bland. I didn't realize that some are real ivory! I found a thread in which he stated that he paid $2k for one large Plisson in ivory. He had a smaller Plisson to match. Apparently these aren't the only real ivory handled brushes in his collection. I also saw a thread where he showed his 5 Chubby 3's.
Still excited about my Chubby 2 synthetic.:tu