Thread: Vie-Long Horsehair Brushes

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Horse ass soup! HAR!

And of course the hair comes from the mane and tip of the tail.
As for the factory cleaning it, i can garuntee they wash it atleast a couple times before they even cut it. First place you gotta have it tclean to work it, second anthrax, third you cant glue anything thats not super clean.
What you took out might possibly be die residue , since its not the pure white brush.

Originally Posted by BeeManFOREVER

And of course the hair comes from the mane and tip of the tail.
As for the factory cleaning it, i can garuntee they wash it atleast a couple times before they even cut it. First place you gotta have it tclean to work it, second anthrax, third you cant glue anything thats not super clean.
What you took out might possibly be die residue , since its not the pure white brush.

Seriously, Bman, I cannot be convinced as to how you could 'garuntee' anything about the harvesting, factory, 'die', or anything else about this particular brush. Nor can I!
One thing is for certain. It is clean now! Guaranteed!

I will lather with Trigger tomorrow and report!

[QUOTE=sharptonn;1364349]Well, mine arrived! Feels nice, have not done the wet test yet, but as Bman said, it smells like hay!

Yeah they either smell like fresh hay or used hay :<0) I have been studying up on horse hair knots and I have 2 old duck brushes now I believe are horse. Both ends of the spectrum as far as size. An M1 and the M5 in the other pic. The M5 is a wet mop but great for painting on and whipping cream. The little guy pulls lather off a Mama Bear puck just fine. Both are softer than anything. No mane hair at all. Old enough that they don't smell like the part that jumped over the fence last. I have another vintage that is all mane and will never try it. Small dia. knot, tall and bends as easy as re-bar. Would scrap paint off a car hood. A small mix of mane with tail would be the best I think. Especially if the mane was set lower that the soft tail hair. I have to find some new knots in horse to try out the mixes in the modern Horse hair.

It is a very good idea to thoroughly clean any brush knot before you use it. And having had horses in my back yard for many many years I can say I miss the smells but not when I am trying to clean myself up.

Originally Posted by Tarkus

... Its all about being clean and or smelling clean...

I quite agree.

Why, I even had a bath last year and I didn't even need one, I just like to smell good is all...

Regards,
Neil

@BeeManFOREVER -
Thank you,nice brush !

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

Did someone mention horse hair??
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Keeps you fit catchin 'em...

Nice brush. Somewhere between a soft badger as-new and a silvertip, IMO. Lathers great. Perfect backbone.



No stinky either!

Like my horse hair, like the idea of horse hair, like the look of horse hair. Have not found handles that are tripping my trigger with a HH knot. Cannot find a knot to replace the knots in some renovation brushes. They really should be easier to get than badger, you'd think. Easier to harvest the hair.

Does the hair split a bit like boar? I can't see that mine has. Beginning to loose bristles though, may be time to start looking for a replacement soon.

I'm starting to play around with some horse knots. Here's a 25mm that I removed from a Vie Long handle. I have it relofted at 48mm for tomorrows shave.

Originally Posted by okiwen

...Like my horse hair, like the idea of horse hair, like the look of horse hair. ...

I think this chap feels the same way:



Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

I think this chap feels the same way:



Regards,
Neil

And this is the thread that I was reading when deciding to get a Vie-Long brush, whenever I use this brush, I'll remember Neil and this picture of the Centaur....