This will come as a surprise to all that have posted.
I was the one who manufactured all the Rooney Heritage range and the later M&F brushes, they were all turned on CNC machines , polished in vibratory tumblers and then given a final hand polish with a swansdown mop for that extra lustre.
Lee Sabini produced the knots and assembled and branded and then sold via most of the well known London outlets.
All of the production was in the UK , all of the material for the handles came via
GPS Agencies the only UK importer of the Italian produced , polyester , acrylic and casien.
The Badger bristles all came from China as they still do today, what ever brand you buy.
So just to confirm all Rooney and M&F up until I retired were made in the UK.
Handles in West Sussex , assembly and marketing in East London.
Regards Frank McInroy
Started to slow down towards the end of 2012, finally retired 2013 , have not made a shaving brush since, still have all the machine tools and equipment plus lots of material left over. Now finally getting on with restoring my old motorbikes at lot more satisfying than producing even Rooney brushes.This is interesting to me as somebody who owns a couple of M&F brushes, one of which is fantastic and the other not so much. I would be interested to know when you retired.
This will come as a surprise to all that have posted.
I was the one who manufactured all the Rooney Heritage range and the later M&F brushes, they were all turned on CNC machines , polished in vibratory tumblers and then given a final hand polish with a swansdown mop for that extra lustre.
Lee Sabini produced the knots and assembled and branded and then sold via most of the well known London outlets.
All of the production was in the UK , all of the material for the handles came via
GPS Agencies the only UK importer of the Italian produced , polyester , acrylic and casien.
The Badger bristles all came from China as they still do today, what ever brand you buy.
So just to confirm all Rooney and M&F up until I retired were made in the UK.
Handles in West Sussex , assembly and marketing in East London.
Regards Frank McInroy
It is definitely a small world , we must have passed like ships in the night. I was using the GPS material long before I got into shaving brushes with Lee Sabini, remember Roy Stevens the previous owner. I became his best mate after I took all the brown snail casein sheet that Conway Stuart had returned because they didn't know how to machine it. No wonder Conway finally went bust.It's a small world. During my New Forest Brushes period I knew a lot about the Rooney story. Suffice it to say that I regularly visited GPS Agencies in Sussex to collect the rods I used to have my handles made at our workshop in the New Forest. I didn't use CNC machines. Each of my handles was made individually on an old lathe by my turner. The lad at GPS was a former pupil at Churchers College which made an unsuccessful attempt to tame me in the 1950s. I was very interested to know about how all the well known brands were produced. At the end of the day, no matter where or how they are made, shaving brushes stand or fall by how we feel about them when we see, feel, and use them. I had some superb Rooney brushes and had one or more M&F. So thank you Frank for any that came from you! And I hope you are enjoying your retirement as much as I am mine.
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