New Simpsons boar brushes!

[SamSak]

Simpsons new release!

From the website:

Alexander Simpson are delighted to introduce our long awaited Barbican Boar Bristle shaving brush in faux Ivory.

We have been asked many times why we haven't added a boar bristle offering within our shaving brush line up. Well, here it is, and what a fine brush we have produced in terms of price point, aesthetics and performance.

Barbican approximate brush specifications:
Overall brush height - 105mm
Knot height - 53mm
Handle height - 52mm
Knot diameter - 22mm

 

[pjgh]

That's really nice! Simple design and quite attractive for folks who appreciate classic traditional shaving piggies.

 

[donnie_arko]

Good to see something for the boar brush enthusiasts. If I would go as far to suggest their knots look similar to the unbleached ones used by Zenith. I wonder if they share a supplier.

Farringdon Boar Bristle faux Ivory

<p>Alexander Simpson are delighted to introduce our long awaited Farringdon Boar Bristle shaving brush in faux Ivory.</p> <p>We have been asked many t...

www.simpsonshavingbrushes.com

For this link, the knot looks a lot darker than the one posted by the OP.

I might pick one at sometime. Not like I need any more brushes, but a Simpson boar could be interesting.

 

[SamSak]

I think they are both unbleached. The Barbican definitely has a few dark strands. It may just the photography/brush placement in the light box as the brush inc handle on the right is darker overall. I will check with Simpson and report back.

You may be on to something there @donnie_arko ..looks very similar to my Zenith boar!

 

[ischiapp]

From the website:
https://www.simpsonshavingbrushes.com/store/brushes/boar-bristle/

If needed ...

 

[SamSak]

I stand corrected! @donnie_arko with the eagle eye!

Confirmed by Simpsons! Barbican is bleached and the Farrigdon is unbleached! No photography magic going on here…just my dodgy eyes!

 

[TobyC]

So,... they're finally making shave brushes for men.

They should state in the description whether it's bleached or unbleached.

 

[ischiapp]

This size knot of Barbican remembers me of my Omega 10077.
https://ischiapp.blogspot.com/2019/12/sotd-20191207.html
A lovely little piggy, that gives me lots of joy.

 

[pjgh]

22mm used to be a HUGE knot!

Some of the vintage brushes I've reknotted recently had 18mm knots pulled ... bored out (boared out? ) a bit to accept a 20mm.

 

[ischiapp]

Yeah ... some decades ago
Maybe a century

 

[TobyC]

22mm used to be a HUGE knot!

Some of the vintage brushes I've reknotted recently had 18mm knots pulled ... bored out (boared out? ) a bit to accept a 20mm.

Yep, 18mm, or what would have been @3/4 of an inch was the standard full sized brush, and the "knot" wasn't premade and installed, it was made in the handle.

 

[pjgh]

Yep, 18mm, or what would have been @3/4 of an inch was the standard full sized brush, and the "knot" wasn't premade and installed, it was made in the handle.

Hence, "Rubberset" ... or "Vulfix" (fixed in something vulcanised?)

 

[TobyC]

Hence, "Rubberset" ... or "Vulfix" (fixed in something vulcanised?)

Also brushes that predate both of those, sometimes bound with wire or string, and sometimes with a wooden wedge shoved in the bottom to keep the "hair" tight in the socket.

 

[Roy]

[Mod Edit] Merged from separate thread.

Simpson has just introduced 2 boars. Anyone interested? I've a quality badger plus chubby 2 synthetic. Would a quality boar bring anything different to my shave?

 

[Ebberman]

Gosh, the Farringdon is £11.85 and both are cheaper than Simpsons own synthetic. Has anyone here used one? Are they gentle, or like sandpaper?

 

[Xander]

I ordered both of them. Very dissappointed! The larger one has a glue knot that is over 1 inch high and the center of the brush has a real short loft. The smaller brush is slant at the top having longer bristles then the other side. I know it is a small bush but once you load it and use it it is very limpy and will not splay. I own two Simpson badger brushes that are top notch and I really like using them.