Thread: Vintage Brushes

I have bought some Vintage barber lots, I have amassed about 12 brushes. My question is what brands of brushes that are collectible? A list or any info would be very helpful.

I'm going to guess the vast majority are a mix of Every Ready and Rubbersets, these are pretty common makers of brushes. Maybe if you had a vintage version of a higher end brush that is still produced today (like Simpsons, Kent, Semogue, Vulfix, or Vie-Long) they would be considered more collectible. But I think the most important thing to collectibility is the condition and original packaging all being unused.

Do you have pics of these?

Thanks, I know I have at least 1 ever ready. Should I put a new knot in it? That's what I thought about doing.

I'm probably very bias on this subject, because I love buying vintage and dressing it up. All of my brushes have had the old bristles removed (whether they were usable or not), and a new badger or boar knot glued in.

As mentioned before, Ever-Ready's were VERY common brushes along with a couple other makers. If you're worried about messing with the collectible value of the handle, I'm just going to say that it probably shouldn't be a huge concern.

To tell you the truth I don't think vintage brushes have much of a value collection wise as an investment. Maybe if you have the old genuine 2 banders or some brush with historical value meaning it belonged to someone of note. Otherwise I've never seen big prices for old brushes.

You need to post pics,some of the old brushes are collectable, most are junk,some in the butterscotch colors are very sought after.
Without pics,your dead in the water.

Some people place a high value on some: Vintage NOS Shaving Brushes

I wasn't concern of value. I was more concerned with putting new knots in brushes that was sought after in those days. I will post some pics.