hunnymonster said:Rev-O said:Maybe they need the mystique or cache of "Made In England" to justify prices that would buy five Chinese brushes off ebay?
Would those be Looney Blushes? :ugeek:
ROR :lol:
hunnymonster said:Rev-O said:Maybe they need the mystique or cache of "Made In England" to justify prices that would buy five Chinese brushes off ebay?
Would those be Looney Blushes? :ugeek:
Sparky750 said:Sorry to drag up an old thread ( I found it after reading Fido's blog so all his fault again ) I was just wondering what the outcome eventually was?
Fido said:I decided in the end to back off on my enquiries on this. It is well known that Lee Sabini bought the Rooney rights but that R A Rooney has been dissolved. The Rooney brand is still being made and sold through a limited number of websites. Lee Sabini now also supplies some retail outlets with "Rooney" brushes with the brand name of the retailer as it's logo. Some of these brushes are claimed to be wholly hand made in England. Some have handles made from moulds as explained on the Executive Shaving website. Speculation continues about where and how Rooney brushes are made. As far as I am aware Lee Sabini has not made any statement to clarify the situation. Speculation will therefore continue. I got involved in this simply because I was writing a blog and wanted to include information about where and how shaving brushes were made. I had hoped to visit factories where UK brushes are made. When I looked into the Rooney operation, I drew a blank. Perhaps sometime soon, all will be clear. I'm starting my own brush operation soon. I have a feeling Not necessarily a Bible but it's generally good guideline.I will get to know more about the shaving brush industry and more of the facts about it!
An otherwise BUMP due to an insipid thread/waste of bandwidth in attempt to mimic REPOST this awesome thread.
Fido said:"I have a feeling Not necessarily a Bible but it's generally good guideline"
I have no idea what this so called sentence is doing in that post!
I did manage an exchange of emails with Lee Sabini after buying one of his prototypes. He said he would contact me for a chat several weeks ago. I don't think PR or communications interests Lee. Kent declined a request to visit their factory. I never have contacted Edwin Jagger. I did recently speak to the MD of Progress Vulfix and he invited me to visit the Isle of Man. The only factory I would like to visit now is in the Far East and I have no plans to do that just yet.
When I studied bell manufacturing I discovered that the major foundries around the world all knew each other and freely exchanged information. I had conducted tours of foundries here and in France and was told all I wanted to know about production methods. The world of shaving brush manufacturing is very different! No doubt major suppliers keep an eye on the forums and will consider adding more videos/information to their websites.
Fido said:"I have a feeling Not necessarily a Bible but it's generally good guideline"
I have no idea what this so called sentence is doing in that post!