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Sorry to nag, but I miss your brushes. I don't dare to use your Tubby, because I can't replace it. It is so balanced in terms of size and flow that my fat Simpson brushes found love elsewhere.I have used brushes across the spectrum. I loved my Plissons, Simpsons and Rooneys. Some of the cheap stuff was rubbish. Some not. Fact is that like most products you can get great performance for modest outlay. My New Forest brushes were made often from hair of the highest available quality. And handles were made from the same material used by the top brands. My prices were low because by limiting the scale of the business, overheads were minimal. I don't think any of my top end brushes were really worth their prices. But I still enjoyed buying and owning them. For a while. My only non New Forest brush is one from Trumpers which I have kept in memory of a London TSR get together a few years ago.
Well, a plumber costs me 65 euro an hour, the guy who fixes a window pane more. How long does it take to hand turn and polish a handle, slect a knot, and glue in the knot, and do some QC ? Just add material costs, depreciation, and other costs. I don't know how much time brush making involves. A person more knowledgeable than me can do the math.No material cost enough to justify the cost of custom/artisan brushes. The labour involved is also minimal to turn/finish a handle and glue in a knot.
This segment and the perceived value leave a sour taste for me.
No material cost enough to justify the cost of custom/artisan brushes. The labour involved is also minimal to turn/finish a handle and glue in a knot.
This segment and the perceived value leave a sour taste for me.
I think 99.9% of Badger hair is Chinese and I believe the Chinese people/government have similar animal rights legislation to our own.I would never buy a Chinese badger hair brush. The hair is supposed to be sourced from wild Badgers, however the majority of animals are farmed and they are kept in small cages in intolerable conditions. YouTube has videos from PETA showing the 'farms'. Even if this is exaggerated, I can see no reason to encourage the cruelty when my synthetic brushes give me a more than adequate covering of lather.
I think 99.9% of Badger hair is Chinese and I believe the Chinese people/government have similar animal rights legislation to our own.
PETA is a business and need (some say create) news stories to maintain their business.
Not everyone can use synthetics, myself included.
Each to their own Boru, I'm not criticising choices that others make, it is my personal view. I have to admit I'm a vegetarian so find it hard to support taking wild animals out of their natural habitat and putting them in cages, and this must be the case due to the large number of cheap brushes coming from China. It might be hypocritical but I do buy animal based products that are byproducts of ethical farming i.e. leather, lanolin, horse hair brushes etc.I think 99.9% of Badger hair is Chinese and I believe the Chinese people/government have similar animal rights legislation to our own.
PETA is a business and need (some say create) news stories to maintain their business.
Not everyone can use synthetics, myself included.
I would never buy a Chinese badger hair brush. The hair is supposed to be sourced from wild Badgers, however the majority of animals are farmed and they are kept in small cages in intolerable conditions. YouTube has videos from PETA showing the 'farms'. Even if this is exaggerated, I can see no reason to encourage the cruelty when my synthetic brushes give me a more than adequate covering of lather.
Each to their own Boru, I'm not criticising choices that others make, it is my personal view. I have to admit I'm a vegetarian so find it hard to support taking wild animals out of their natural habitat and putting them in cages, and this must be the case due to the large number of cheap brushes coming from China. It might be hypocritical but I do buy animal based products that are byproducts of ethical farming i.e. leather, lanolin, horse hair brushes etc.
When I said I can't use synthetics, it's not through choice, I can't wear man-made fibres either.I would never buy a Chinese badger hair brush. The hair is supposed to be sourced from wild Badgers, however the majority of animals are farmed and they are kept in small cages in intolerable conditions. YouTube has videos from PETA showing the 'farms'. Even if this is exaggerated, I can see no reason to encourage the cruelty when my synthetic brushes give me a more than adequate covering of lather.
Each to their own Boru, I'm not criticising choices that others make, it is my personal view. I have to admit I'm a vegetarian so find it hard to support taking wild animals out of their natural habitat and putting them in cages, and this must be the case due to the large number of cheap brushes coming from China. It might be hypocritical but I do buy animal based products that are byproducts of ethical farming i.e. leather, lanolin, horse hair brushes etc.
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