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Both my Tuxedo and Cashmere knots came from APShaveCo and then I sent them along to Chris at Brush Craft prior to having them mounted. As an aside, my latest brush was to be dropped in the mail...

I believe the brush is one sold by APShaveCo with one of their Tuxedo knots. If I'm right then you're in for a lovely shave once it arrives!

Chris Trimble a.k.a. Trimmy72 a.k.a. Brush Craft. Chris is the artist that turned the two brushes that I most commonly post in my occasional SotD pics. Life has been so busy as of late that my...

I had been enamored with the Wolf Whiskers brushes early in my time here. I still love his work but am just as thrilled with the handles that Chris is producing and sooner or later I'm going to have...

Thank you for the kind words, Obie. The fact that you are responsible for the First Tier Soaps thread, which has taken on a life of its own, only makes your acknowledgement more meaningful. I will...

First of all, let me thank everyone for taking the time to read this. The project began as an experiment to learn a little about brushes and evolved into a review and I am very happy to see that it...

Most of the guys that I've run across that use a 30mm are head shavers but I'm interested to hear how you like it.

Late next week I should have a new Brush Craft brush, equipped with a 24mm...

An attribute of synthetics is that they simply don't hold onto water the way badger brushes do. Some consider this a failing when it comes to using them to build a lather but almost all the wet...

It seems that you and I are two of a kind as I wouldn't want to have to choose between the two either. I just finished my shave and when I stepped into the shower I was all set to put the Cashmere...

So what's the verdict on your Tuxedo?

Glad to hear that you enjoyed the Cashmere! It's nice to see someone getting some practical use out of my review because when I posted it I wondered how many people would take the time to read it...

I'm glad that I've been of help and I hope that you enjoy your synthetics as much I as enjoy mine. That said I offer up the usual caveat of YMMV but I hope that having defined the attributes of each...

Sorry it took me so long to answer this, I've been busy and haven't visited SRP much over the last few weeks. As it is I just saw your post this morning and it reminded me that I should probably...

After a rather long and busy week I'm finally getting a chance to reply to my own thread. Funny how some weeks it seems like you have all the time in the world to play on SRP and others you get a...

Trimmy72 has passed along a few pictures of the handles he has turned for me with the knots set at a number of different lofts. I thought I'd share one as part of the wrap up to show the treatment...

At long last I'm finally coming to the end of my review. Along the way I've learned quite a bit about brushes, lather and my own preferences. When I started all of this I had hoped to find a brush...

The lack of any type of standard measurement may be one of the greatest hindrances to finding the "perfect" knot. Imagine being able to easily compare different knots, the amount of backbone,...

As with so many things on the internet, if you go looking for reviews about synthetic knots you are sure to find an argument. The fact of the matter is that there are wet shavers who love synthetics...

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At long last we're nearing the end of my reviews but to introduce our last brush I'm going back to the beginning.

One of the inspirations for this series was the lack of consistency I...

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As I began reading reviews of synthetic knots I found very few that did more than look at a single knot. Of the two exceptions, one compared a newer Plisson-style knot to an actual Plisson...

Thanks for the help, Hirlau!

One thing that we've all learned from this series is that I need to work on my photography skills, or at least invest in some better equipment than my Samsung cell...

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As I read reviews of synthetic knots those of the Ubersoft 2 were the ones that left me the most annoyed at the reviewers. The fact is that most of the reviews I found were somewhat mixed...

Please, I kept trying to get rid of it myself, to no effect.

Pictures? Pictures?! We don't need no stinkin' pictures!

Okay, okay, I'll admit my idiocy. I forgot to take a photo of the Tuxedo before swapping knots and then my 'temporary' mount of my other...

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Most wet shavers seem to agree that the Plisson synthetic was the brush knot that ushered in the modern era of synthetic brushes. In fact this association is so great that all of the...