Thread: Nice antique store find!

So I was perusing a local antique shop with my wife last weekend I came upon nice soft brush. I have always used a boar hair because I was a poor college student but really wanted a nice badger. I found this beauty and immediately wanted it. Got a good deal on it and then started looking into info for it. And WOW was I surprised. The bottom is stamped "Set-in-Rubber 750 Ever-Ready pure badger Made in USA STERILIZED". I really like the look of it and the knot is in amazing shape. I found they cost about 2 bucks back in the 1950's, and the ever-ready line started at about the 10 model and went up to the 1000 model. The "Pure Badger" part of the stamp was just to indicate that the knot was made of pure badger hair and to distinguish it from mixed hair knots. It does not correlate with the current system of measuring grades. From my understanding it would be akin to a super badger by today's standards. I also found out that the 750 model was one of the nicest that Ever-Ready made. I was debating on buying a silvertip knot from whippeddog for it, but instead decided to give it a few nice baths and just use it. It has enough backbone to whip up a great lather from a puck, yet is very soft. It has yet to shed a hair in my close to 15 shaves with it. and on the bright side I had already talked to my wife about getting a knot for it so she said, "well get the knot anyways and make yourself a nice handle then you can have 2." What an amazing lady. pictures of my first dive into making a brush will be posted once I get it done. We have an old piece of Mountain Mahogany in our garage and I have been trying to figure out what to do with it. Guess I found my answer.
All in all I am very pleased with my purchase. It was an amazing find. I didn't know what a true gem it was. Any additional info would be great. Thanks.

They were just about the largest maker of brushes back in the day here in the U.S. They also made brushes for many other outfits and retailers too. They specialized in brushes for the masses. Nothing fancy just a good serviceable product.

Thanks spendur.

very nice looking. how does it work for you

I like it a lot. Very soft but the backbone for harder soaps. It's been my go to brush lately.

yeah I like it too, nothing too fancy, just plain, simple and servicable, sounds like my whole kit actually.
I guess even the slight yellowing of the handle over time kind of adds to it's sense of age, gives it a bit of another dimension.
It's obviously been well looked after, I can't believe how thick the knot is (or did you replace it and it's just ME that's thick?).

Not a replacement by me. Seems to be the original knot.

well it's either been REALLY nicely cared for, hardly used or both I'd say, either way you've got yourself a very nice functional piece of equipment, a conversation piece and a great example of "they don't make 'em like THAT anymore" manufacturing.
My guess is it'd all be acrylic polymers now instead of vulcanised rubber, so all round a nice score, congrats!!