Difference btw Simpson Chubby 1, 2, & 3?
I'm starting to figure my way around the various sub-hobbies (razors, strops, soaps, aftershaves) but I haven't ventured much into brushes. Inspired by the recent thread in the brushmakers forum on reproducing a Chubby, I looked these up for the first time today. I like what I see! Thick, squat, supposedly a lot of backbone. Sounds good. But what I can't figure is, what's the differences between Chubbies 1, 2, & 3, that results in the huge price leap? I see there are some size differences, but is that it?
Second question: what's a good "standard" high-end brush? I'm not sure I want to start collecting but I might save up for a luxury brush by the end of the year and I'd want it to be fairly conservative, simple, uncontroversial. The Chubby looks good to me, but do yall have any other recs?