Shaving brush market

Fido

Fido

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Muhle claim to make 1.5 million brushes a year:

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On the forums we often assume that the brush market is quite small. That's a lot of brushes for one company, yet they don't often get a mention here.

I've found no mention of production levels elsewhere. Has anyone?
 
Cheeky question, and please don't feel obliged in any way to answer, Fido, but I'm curious as to how many New Forest brushes there are in circulation now. They pop up regularly in SOTDs on the US and European forums I frequent, and not by any means just the posts from UK members.
 
Arrowhead said:
Cheeky question, and please don't feel obliged in any way to answer, Fido, but I'm curious as to how many New Forest brushes there are in circulation now. They pop up regularly in SOTDs on the US and European forums I frequent, and not by any means just the posts from UK members.
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Hundreds rather than thousands, although rising fast. A pin prick in the general scheme of things - for now.

Sales have reached China!
 
[attachment=0]Hey look a CNC station, nice to see total transparency and not a watermill in sight. ;)

I think we've found G F Trumper's new brush makers.

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1.5M!! I would never have guessed that figure.

A while back I was talking to Brian at Executive Shaving and he said Muhle products are a good seller. Particularly the sets with a M3 or Fusion handle and a stand so the 1.5M will include non DE users but still it is is an impressive number.
 
What fascinates me about Muhle is that most of their higher grade brushes are what forum aficionados would describe as soft and floppy. The kiss of death for most "enthusiasts". The fact is, that's just what appeals to the general shaver. It's why Kent still keep churning out the BK4, so popular with John Lewis customers and why Edwin Jagger and Vulfix and many other high end brushes are mostly of the more floppy variety for the mass market.
 
Couldn't agree more Fido, the Briarwood set I handled up at ES was a thing of beauty but the brush loft was way too long. It was luxuriously soft and felt OK(ish) when dry but I bet when wet it is a face slapper.
 
Arrowhead said:
Cheeky question, and please don't feel obliged in any way to answer, Fido, but I'm curious as to how many New Forest brushes there are in circulation now. They pop up regularly in SOTDs on the US and European forums I frequent, and not by any means just the posts from UK members.
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Considering they are only hundreds in circulation the reason we see NF brushes on these shaving forums is because they are sold to members of the forums who are enthusiasts. The run of the mill brush sold to the masses don't really appeal as much to members of the forums.
 
The last time I visited St Jermyn St and St James, I noticed that the vast majority of brushes on display were relatively soft and floppy. Not a two band in sight!
 
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