Thread: They All Look Alike ....... Sorta .........

Jimmy, I shaved this morning and used another brush. My next shave will be Saturday morning. I'll get the Shavemac out and use it. I'll post some pictures then. May as well post my first SOTD picture as well...

Originally Posted by cau

Celistino, both of the brushes in your pictures have a nice bloom. My 22x46 D01 2band knot doesn't spread beyond the circumference of the handle it is embedded in. I'm at work so I cannot provide a picture. I'll ask again, anyone have a suggestion how I might facilitate the blooming of the knot?_

A picture of the knot before and after use would be great. However, with a 22mm knot, you may not notice much of a bloom, in my opinion, depending on how large the handle is.
My two knots are very large and they are blubs, so that will usually enhance the physical feature of the bloom.

So here's a few pictures of brush before/during/after. It's been put away for a couple of months. Perhaps I exaggerated a bit when I said the knot was no thicker than the handle... Maybe a fan head knot isn't supposed to bloom? This is my only fan knot. It lathers fine, but it is messy and that is my only complaint. Nice shave.

Originally Posted by cau

So here's a few pictures of brush before/during/after. It's been put away for a couple of months. Perhaps I exaggerated a bit when I said the knot was no thicker than the handle... Maybe a fan head knot isn't supposed to bloom? This is my only fan knot. It lathers fine, but it is messy and that is my only complaint. Nice shave.

It's a beauty !

What do you guys define as scricth? To my understanding that is the prickly feeling from some thicker hairs mainly the black hairs in the knot.
I personally do not like that but I like the scrubby feel of a knot, that is something I get from CH3 Manchurian knots, and to lesser extent from my M&F brush.

Originally Posted by mainaman

What do you guys define as scricth? To my understanding that is the prickly feeling from some thicker hairs mainly the black hairs in the knot.
I personally do not like that but I like the scrubby feel of a knot, that is something I get from CH3 Manchurian knots, and to lesser extent from my M&F brush.

Scritch is that prickly feeling. I have had a Somerset made Chubby 2 that was so prickly/scritchy that I sold it. The problem was the backbone was so strong, that it made the feeling too much of a good thing.

I had 3 Simpson/Vulfix Manchurians, a Chubby 3 (too big), a Polo 10, and an M-7. None of them were scritchy. I still have the M-7, because I like it anyway, but I sold the other two. I have a Manchurian Chubby 2 that is probably okay (just got it recently) and a Manchurian Tulip 3 enroute and I have high hopes but whether it will deliver the goods remains to be seen.

IME with Simpson Super Somerset made brushes, they were scritchy. I still have my Polo 8, and my Persian Jar 3. Delightfully scritchy with perfect backbone. The balance between backbone and scritch has to be there. If the backbone is too strong it becomes uncomfortable rather than pleasant .......... IME.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Scritch is that prickly feeling. I have had a Somerset made Chubby 2 that was so prickly/scritchy that I sold it. The problem was the backbone was so strong, that it made the feeling too much of a good thing.

Thanks for clearing that up for me and confirming that it is what I thought it was.

Bob

Originally Posted by cau

So here's a few pictures of brush before/during/after. It's been put away for a couple of months. Perhaps I exaggerated a bit when I said the knot was no thicker than the handle... Maybe a fan head knot isn't supposed to bloom? This is my only fan knot. It lathers fine, but it is messy and that is my only complaint. Nice shave.

That knot looks like it's bloomed fine for the loft it's set at,, as far as messy, your lather s too wet. Tc

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

That knot looks like it's bloomed fine for the loft it's set at,, as far as messy, your lather s too wet. Tc

That was my first reaction too. Maybe try loading with a drier brush and adding a little water a bit at a time. here is a vid that may help with the drier method.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4zESTQWDuw

Bob

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Scritch is that prickly feeling. I have had a Somerset made Chubby 2 that was so prickly/scritchy that I sold it. The problem was the backbone was so strong, that it made the feeling too much of a good thing.

I had 3 Simpson/Vulfix Manchurians, a Chubby 3 (too big), a Polo 10, and an M-7. None of them were scritchy. I still have the M-7, because I like it anyway, but I sold the other two. I have a Manchurian Chubby 2 that is probably okay (just got it recently) and a Manchurian Tulip 3 enroute and I have high hopes but whether it will deliver the goods remains to be seen.

IME with Simpson Super Somerset made brushes, they were scritchy. I still have my Polo 8, and my Persian Jar 3. Delightfully scritchy with perfect backbone. The balance between backbone and scritch has to be there. If the backbone is too strong it becomes uncomfortable rather than pleasant .......... IME.

Jimmy, try a Vie Long 2 band brush with the shorter loft. They have a good amount of scritch to them IMO.