A fake shavemac?

[tintin]

I picked up this shavemac brush at the meet up this last weekend on the PIF table. "A shavemac brush" i said to myself. "now i can see what all the hype is about." Boy am i disappointed. Then i read that there are some fakes out there but none of the links work to the article on their site. It measures about 25mm with a 55mm loft. It is soft but has no back bone and i can't seem to get it to pick up enough soap to lather well.(haven't tried it with cream yet) Is this typical or have i not given it enough learning curve?

[Gasman]

Looks very fluffy for a Shavemac. Mine it so tightly packed it crazy. I dont know anything about fakes but it makes me wonder.

[BobH]

Shavemac makes brushes with a variety of knot grades available. It could be you have a genuine Shavemac with a 3 band silvertip knot installed. the way you describe it sounds typical of a 3 band silvertip badger. Most of the people that rave about the Shavemac brushes on here have one of the two types of 2 band badger knots in their brushes. The 2 banders are known for more backbone.

https://www.shavemac.com/products/Co...289io8jqer37u6

Bob

[thebigspendur]

I don't recall any knock offs of those.

Bobs right probably just a grade of floppy badger

[beluga]

Never heard of any fake Shavemacs, but that does not necessarily prove they don’t exist.

In general, I find that Shavemacs are not floppy at all and even 3-band silvertips have more backbone than my Mühle Silvertips for example.
The (rarely ever used) leaders in floppiness in my stable are probably two Vulfix Silvertips.

Shavemac publishes a list of their badger grades.
Maybe this can give you some more information: https://www.shavemac.com/badger_qualities.html

In general, Shavemacs and Thäters are my favourites if I need a brush with some backbone in the morning.


B.

[azgabe]

Interesting. I've never read anything about fake Shavemacs. What are your other brushes that you are comparing it too?