Thread: Simpson's Black Friday Sale

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!

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.

Originally Posted by TomSlick

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.

You know about Dr P on the other site? The guy they call the shave brush stockpiler. He has hundreds of brushes.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

You know about Dr P on the other site? The guy they call the shave brush stockpiler. He has hundreds of brushes.

An old photo of the collection in about 2007 by Dr P ........... serious stuff ;

Originally Posted by TomSlick

I saw a sale recently on TSN in which a gentleman sold approximately $1,200 in brushes. I believe it was 5 brushes.

That is like 3 Chubby 3 Manchurians. In reality if one wants to try one of each quality brush, one should expect to part with a good chunk of dollars. Things get worse when one wants custom handles and transplantation of high end knots.

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.

Originally Posted by TomSlick

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.

I see Simpson, Rooney and probably Plisson. Notice he has 2 rows per shelf. You are probably looking at 10k+ in brushes on that picture.

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.