Thread: Two Reknots

Used the white Simms brush this morning. Seems the loft is fine for me giving decent backbone for a 3 band silvertip and soft tips with a slight bit of scritch/scub. The initial impression is quite good.

Turns out the brown one is a Simms too. You have to catch the light the right way to stand a chance of seeing the marking which is very hard to see. The brown Simms is next tomorrow.

Bob

Well, couldn't wait to try out the brown Simms so face lathered and did a quick 2 pass shave with a DE. If the initial impression of the 3 band Super Badger knot was quite good for me, this 2 band Finest badger not ticked all the right boxes for me as an initial impression.

It has more backbone that the low set 3 band as was expected. Dry the knot felt a bit prickly on the face but whetted and loaded with soap face lathering it was very soft to the face with no decernible scritch/scratch just a nice soft scrubbing feeling.

Disclaimer here before I make my next comment. I am NOT even vaguely saying the Chinese made TGN 2 band Finest Badger knot is exactly like my Simpsons Manchurian. So nobody get their nickers in a knot about quality or anything else like usually erupts around Chinese made knots. My first thought when lathering with this knot was that it had a face feel very similar to my Simpsons Manchurian. They both have the same knot size and loft so maybe that is part of it. That is not a bad thing as the Simpsons Manchurian is my favourtie badger brush.

Bob

Those look great!

Bob - nice work on bringing vintage brushes back to life!

All knots come from china,some are better than others

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

All knots come from china,some are better than others

I'd go along with all badger hair comes from China but I have seen vids like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vH3zx1a9R4

of companies making knots from loose badger hair. Yup, some are better than others.

Bob