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3 in my rotation: an EJ 19mm in best, a vilfix 404, and a New forest 1901 two band. The EJ I got when I started, the 404 I got just after from advice off here, and the New Forest because I wanted to try a good quality badger at a reasonable price. I like them all and have an erasmic brush and a bestshave one that I never bother using. The EJ doesn't get good reviews because it's very floppy but at 19mm I don't think it causes a problem and is good for a travel brush. I have no urge to spend money on expensive brushes, even if I could afford them, but fancy trying a synthetic like the Kent Silvertex but I'm holding off buying one because then I'd start look at Vie Long horsehair ones, and why would I need 5 brushes?
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The Mackem Shaver said:
Some people have 60+!!
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16 but only 5 are really in rotation
5 Rubberset 400s (Boar, Bests and Silvertips)
3 FS (26, 28 and 30mm Silvertips)
3 Odd ones (28, 30 and 31mm Silvertips and 2 Bands) from Etsy
1 Certifyd (28mm Silvertip)
1 Midas Pool Ball
1 Vulfix 38mm
1 Gilchrist & Dickinson Travel Brush
1 TSR Secret Santa 'Bespoke' 26mm Silvertip
And a couple of handles to restore too!
Ratty
5 Rubberset 400s (Boar, Bests and Silvertips)
3 FS (26, 28 and 30mm Silvertips)
3 Odd ones (28, 30 and 31mm Silvertips and 2 Bands) from Etsy
1 Certifyd (28mm Silvertip)
1 Midas Pool Ball
1 Vulfix 38mm
1 Gilchrist & Dickinson Travel Brush
1 TSR Secret Santa 'Bespoke' 26mm Silvertip
And a couple of handles to restore too!
Ratty
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20 odd. Use all of them in a (very long) rotation.
6 at the moment with 2 more on the way , replacement for my Whipped Dog butterscotch which has a faulty knot (shredder ) and another boar brush with a gold leaf handle.
1. Restored brass handled bestbadger 18mm knot
2. Omega 49 Gold handle
3. Semogue Owners Special Edition 2012 25mm
4. Semogue Owners club finest badger 2 band cherrywood . 24mm
5. Whipped Dog Butterscotch 24mm
6. M&F Chief 27mm
1. Restored brass handled bestbadger 18mm knot
2. Omega 49 Gold handle
3. Semogue Owners Special Edition 2012 25mm
4. Semogue Owners club finest badger 2 band cherrywood . 24mm
5. Whipped Dog Butterscotch 24mm
6. M&F Chief 27mm
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1 - a 404 Grosvenor
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Dipesh ANOTHER TWO!
The variety in the size of brush arsenal between members really is astonishing, one through to 60 odd!!
The variety in the size of brush arsenal between members really is astonishing, one through to 60 odd!!
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Well now I know why I have been feeling that I have slim pickins these days! I'm down to eighty-two brushes, the vast majority badger. I have six on order and a few ideas beginning to take shape. I don't count the whittled yew from Graeme as being on order but I live in hope as he did promise!
Oh! and a couple of dozen waiting to be re-knotted or restored - need to get off my fat ass and do something about them, but not today. I'm very busy snoozing and trying to work out a way of reclaiming my bedroom from Geetan, the cat.
Oh! and a couple of dozen waiting to be re-knotted or restored - need to get off my fat ass and do something about them, but not today. I'm very busy snoozing and trying to work out a way of reclaiming my bedroom from Geetan, the cat.
