Brush identification for a newbie

[Shavejourneybadger]

I got this brush a year ago when i started out, off ebay 2nd hand, it was advertised an edwin jagger badger brush,
At the time i didnt know there where different grades of badger, i think this is pure badger? Any ideas?

The brush is sooo heavy as well the metel bit at the bottem weights about 3x £2 coins!

Also any ideas of mm of the knot?

 

[Bechet]

What does the lettering on the handle say?

 

[Shavejourneybadger]

 

[Bechet]

I see 'ED' and 'EJ'. Are the bottom letters 'SE' or 'SL'?

Be good if you turned around and used front lighting instead of back.

Is the brush any good? It looks to be a flopmeister and scritchy.

 

[Shavejourneybadger]

Sorry carl my camara is awful its ED EJ and SE,
It is a little scritchy and not much backbone but it does make a good lather!

 

[Bechet]

Over to the brush historians, then.

 

[Rottie]

@Shavejourneybadger From what I can tell, you have a Edwin Jagger Riva here's a link

 

[jds]

It's worth pointing out that the description of the bristles is somewhat arbitrary - there is no universally applied grading across the brush manufacturers. If you really wish to know what the grade is the manufacturer should be able to give you their take on a "Best" or a "Pure" and so on.