Thread: Knot Sources Pros Cons

Originally Posted by Pithor

You mentioned that the Shavemac knot has a 'differently looking plug', which I assumed meant "different from the Thäter knot in question", hence referring to the manufacturing process of both makers. If you didn't mean to refer to Thäter, I made a false assumption that led to me saying something irrelevant, that's all. I didn't mean to rip it out of context, as I thought it was in context. My bad.

You are correct that your assumption was wrong, I did not compare to Thater. I meant that the the plug looks different, it is gray as opposed to the typical beige variation and the shape is different.

We have no information on what a Thater knot looks like straight from the bench therefore no claims can be made about their process, we can only take their word for it. Their products are high quality therefore I have no reason to doubt what they say.

Sure, it may mean something. I have no idea what, though.

It means that they are not made in China or we would see other vendors carry similar knots.

I cannot tell much about the preceding manufacturing process by looking at the plug, except that, at some point, they used grey plug material.

You do not know that unless you have any proof otherwise. For all we know they use gray epoxy all the time since we have no other example that this is not the case. All I said is that the plug looks different and that is a fact.

How that says anything about the quality of the knot compared to knots with different plugs is beyond me.

It means that they are not made in China or we would see other vendors carry similar knots. No one is comparing knot qualities by the looks of the plug, get real please. I said it is a quality knot not that it is better than other knots just because the plug looks different. I have a Shavemac brush so I speak from experience, not just from the pretty looks of a knot.

Shavemac have a great track record, and I trust that they are truthful about their product. I find those two things a much clearer way of determining manufacturing process and quality than by looking at the plug on one knot.

Truthful or not, their brushes are extremely good value for the money IMHO.