Thread: Rooney Victoria thoughts

I have been using the Rooney Victoria a fair bit now and thought I'd just make a few comments about it. It bloomed out to a very nice fan shape. The tips are not the softest 3 band tips I have used but are plenty soft in my book. It has a very good amount of backbone compared to other 3 band badgers I have use which surprised me. Normally through past experience I am a bit ambivalent toward 3 band badgers because the tended to have not enough backbone for me when I face lather but this one is different. I enjoy using it for face lathering.

The long handle is very comfortable in my big mitts and allows for quite a few different comfortable grips to be used when face lathering. I have no doubt that it would also be very suitable to those who bowl lather.

It lost the odd hair at the beginning but seems to have stopped doing that now. Pretty normal I think for a brush to do that initially.

In the beginning the knot dried and appeared to have the hairs clump up. Never saw that before and I mention that to rolodave. He recommended that I try shampooing the knot with hair conditioner. I did that twice and no more clumping. No idea why it did that in the first place but it is gone now.

All in all I do not regret buying the brush. Feels great and lathers up a storm.

This is the brush post blooming.



You can see the difference from the pre bloomed state as received here http://straightrazorpalace.com/show-...victorian.html

Bob

Hairs clumping up when dry is common. Just run your fingers through it and it goes back to normal.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Hairs clumping up when dry is common. Just run your fingers through it and it goes back to normal.

Yup was doing that but seems the conditioner treatment makes that unnecessary now. Never had a badger that did this. Is there an explanation for that?

Bob

Beautiful proportions Bob - what size is the knot and loft?

Originally Posted by UKRob

Beautiful proportions Bob - what size is the knot and loft?

Thanks and I would say the knot is 25mm with a 50mm loft by my cheapo digital micrometer.

Bob

I really like the couple of Rooney brushes that I have.

The one thing about yours that I like even more is the extended length of the handle on your brush.

I think the world is split into those people who hold an ink pen right at the nib - and end up with inky fingers - and those who hold the barrel of the pen and who are capable of writing fluently. Bob, your brush reminds me of the latter - and I suspect you are much like your brush.

Best wishes for Christmas.

Originally Posted by Utopian

I really like the couple of Rooney brushes that I have.

The one thing about yours that I like even more is the extended length of the handle on your brush.

Yes, I am liking taller handles more and more myself. I think I might try a Simpsons Polo 8 or 10 in the future.

Bob

Originally Posted by UKRob

I think the world is split into those people who hold an ink pen right at the nib - and end up with inky fingers - and those who hold the barrel of the pen and who are capable of writing fluently. Bob, your brush reminds me of the latter - and I suspect you are much like your brush.

Best wishes for Christmas.

Thank you again, but I think you'll find me writing with a crayon mostly. No ink to worry about but damn I keep breaking them.

Best wishes to you and yours for Christmas.

Bob

I have the Rooney Emilion, very similar three band brush and my experience is that it leans more towards a stiffer brush, with tips that tend to exfoliation more than the Thater, Simpson, and definitely my Plisson HMW.

Took me awhile to finally, "get" what JimmyHAD meant in terms of "scritchy" but since I've been using my Morris & Forndran, I get it now. The M & F really digs into the face, gives it a good scrub, with superb backbone. Only brush I've ever used that when it's dry, it's hard to tell it's not brand new afterwards - springs back to original shape every time so far.

So IMO, the Rooney leans toward the M&F, good backbone, good scrubbing action on the face, and works great as a bowl or face lathering brush - I've come to really like that handle style also.