How many brushes

Ok then...

  • Gairdner 'New Century' Barbershop style in Ash with 27mm Omega boar
  • Gairdner 'Albion' pedestal style in dark Beech with 26mm grade A TGN silvertip
  • Simpsons Colonel X2L in best
  • Coates Fitzwilliam in pure
  • Omega 20102 boar
  • Vulfix 404 'Bodger' mixed badger and boar
  • Semogue 1470 boar
  • Vie-Long 12705 in horse
  • Omega 346235 in synthetic
  • Omega large boar knot removed from a red '49

I also have two badger knots on the way from the States, one from TGN and the other from WD. I'll be keeping the one from TGN which will go in a brush handle for myself - eventually. The other is being held back for a certain gentleman of this parish. There is another Omega boar knot which will soon be fitted into a handle for yet another member of this fine forum.

The Vie-Long will donate its horsey hair a carved handle and be set at a lower loft. I really like this hair - yes it's scritchier than most badger grades but is better than pure and whips up a fine lather. A lower loft will sort this fella and it will make a nice rustic brush.

Dipesh, post a picter if your Simpsons collection as I feel the need to droooool!

Graeme the Gairdner (who has more brushes than he realised) :D
 
Gairdner said:
Ok then...

  • Gairdner 'New Century' Barbershop style in Ash with 27mm Omega boar
  • Gairdner 'Albion' pedestal style in dark Beech with 26mm grade A TGN silvertip
  • Simpsons Colonel X2L in best
  • Coates Fitzwilliam in pure
  • Omega 20102 boar
  • Vulfix 404 'Bodger' mixed badger and boar
  • Semogue 1470 boar
  • Vie-Long 12705 in horse
  • Omega 346235 in synthetic
  • Omega large boar knot removed from a red '49

I also have two badger knots on the way from the States, one from TGN and the other from WD. I'll be keeping the one from TGN which will go in a brush handle for myself - eventually. The other is being held back for a certain gentleman of this parish. There is another Omega boar knot which will soon be fitted into a handle for yet another member of this fine forum.

The Vie-Long will donate its horsey hair a carved handle and be set at a lower loft. I really like this hair - yes it's scritchier than most badger grades but is better than pure and whips up a fine lather. A lower loft will sort this fella and it will make a nice rustic brush.

Dipesh, post a picter if your Simpsons collection as I feel the need to droooool!

Graeme the Gairdner (who has more brushes than he realised) :D
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I would love to post a picture of them all but they come out in small rotations and are not on display.

It would take ages to unwrap and wrap them back up!

I think it may be more than the 35-37. I have a few Somerset/carter brushes in there and don't know if they make up that number or not.

I think I have too many so I'm going with 35ish.
 
Not to worry, Dipesh. :D

You are the owner of a Simpsons forest!

I'll be adding a Simpsons Boar to my little lot when they are launched.
 
Lose the beard said:
Only 27 for me.

11 Simpsons
7 Rod Neep
2 New Forest
and a few others

It's a bit heavy on Simpsons at the moment so I need some others to balance it out a bit.

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Love that Rover, the Duke 3 too, big fan of the Colonel and don't you have some lovely Neeps? By the way, is that no less than three JEC custom handles I spy there?
 
Gairdner said:
Love that Rover, the Duke 3 too, big fan of the Colonel and don't you have some lovely Neeps? By the way, is that no less than three JEC custom handles I spy there?
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Yes indeed, 3 JEC handles. There are a few brushes missing which need to be added to the collection, Semogue, Omega, M&F etc..
 
Vulfix 404 - came with starter set
NEw Forrest 2204 - my first 'informed' purchase after joining this forum - love it.
A Muhle(?) travel brush - cant check which one, its on the boat.
A strange looking one - short boar(?) hair with a red plastic base that came with the travel set.
A Kent synthetic arrived this morning
A Coates Fitzwilliam is on its way

So, six; but I've only been doing this hobby for a month!
 
Only 4 at present - 2 New Forest brushes (2213 silvertip and Tubby 2 in 2-band), a Vulfix Grosvenor handle with a TGN 2-ban fan-shaped knot by Bill Jack, and a Muhle Silvertip Fibre 22 mm. I'd like to get one more when funds allow, and wil probably opt for a Neep silvertip in plain resin - I'm not a fan of coloured handles for some reason.
 
Still on my first and only brush (still pretty new to DE wet shaving), a New Forest 2204. Brush works very well but I need another one so I can make a comparison!

Some amazing collections BTW. Loving all the Simpson brushes.
 
Fellonblackdays said:
Do you own? I own 1 but I imagine there are some impressive collections on here.
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I own circa 50 badger brushes, but have a pending order for 5 Simpsons.....

I hover around the 50-60 mark of badger brushes.

I don't own any Pure Badgers......I focus on 2-Band Super, 3-Band Silvertip badgers.

However I do own one mixed badger and boar - the Semogue LE 2012 brush.
I mainly buy custom made brushes, made to my custom specifications by either Lee Sabini (M&F), Mark from Simpson, Bernd from Shavemac or I custom order through sellers that have personal contact with Thäter, Semogue & Vie Long to get brushes that suits my preferences :icon_razz:

If you guys want to see HUGE brush collection get hold of Dr. Peter from Holland or Ben from Australia - they own over 100 badgers.......
 
Anwar said:
Still on my first and only brush (still pretty new to DE wet shaving), a New Forest 2204. Brush works very well but I need another one so I can make a comparison!

Some amazing collections BTW. Loving all the Simpson brushes.
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No! Save yourself before it's too late. You have one brush that you like and does the job. Buying another will only cause you to buy another and another and another - in the interest of comparison, equality, etc.!
 
chrisbell said:
Only 4 at present - 2 New Forest brushes (2213 silvertip and Tubby 2 in 2-band), a Vulfix Grosvenor handle with a TGN 2-ban fan-shaped knot by Bill Jack, and a Muhle Silvertip Fibre 22 mm. I'd like to get one more when funds allow, and wil probably opt for a Neep silvertip in plain resin - I'm not a fan of coloured handles for some reason.
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Interesting point. Ivory is by far the most popular colour.
 
Oh, oh, added another......

One of these:

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But then it is my Birthday.

After this one and one of the new Simpsons pure bristle brushes when they are launched, that will be my brush buying over.

I will carve handles and fit knots for any others but I felt I just had to own a New Forest Brush as it is a TSR rite of passage. I intend to use this beauty for the St. George's Day shave.

Mind you, I still have room for a vintage butterscotch - does it ever truly end?
 
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