BlacknTan
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I have a lot of brushes, read too many. I like a bit of backbone, and I like a bit of scritch. Hence, I've always favored Two Band Badgers. I loved the old Simpsons Two Band Super. I also thought highly of Lee Sabini's Blonde Badger, but, nothing seems to be what it once was, does it? Of late, I hold the Manchurians in rather high esteem. I like Simpsons Manchurian, and especially Bob Quinn's Manchurian White knots.
I'm in the process of trying to get on with synthetics. Have a Simpson's Trafalgar, Chubby 2, and waiting for a handle to try an AP Shave G5C. I have not seen anything yet that would cause me to replace badger hair... but, I'm still experimenting. While I'd like to do my part to help the badger's plight, the synthetics and I have just not clicked yet. Some successes, some failures..
So, I'm still a Two Band Badger fan. Here's my latest... An 24mm Elite Manchurian White knot, set at nearly 51mm, in a Vladimir Ferdman handle. One of my favorite classic Persian Jar shapes..
BTW, I had two SHD Ooumo knots. I suppose the feeling of many people is that "if a little bit is good, more is better, and too much is just right!" Well, we can get too much of a good thing concerning knot density, IMHO. That SHD knot is just dense enough to be nearly unusable, for me at least...
Anyway, The Elite/Ferdman brush...
I'm in the process of trying to get on with synthetics. Have a Simpson's Trafalgar, Chubby 2, and waiting for a handle to try an AP Shave G5C. I have not seen anything yet that would cause me to replace badger hair... but, I'm still experimenting. While I'd like to do my part to help the badger's plight, the synthetics and I have just not clicked yet. Some successes, some failures..
So, I'm still a Two Band Badger fan. Here's my latest... An 24mm Elite Manchurian White knot, set at nearly 51mm, in a Vladimir Ferdman handle. One of my favorite classic Persian Jar shapes..
BTW, I had two SHD Ooumo knots. I suppose the feeling of many people is that "if a little bit is good, more is better, and too much is just right!" Well, we can get too much of a good thing concerning knot density, IMHO. That SHD knot is just dense enough to be nearly unusable, for me at least...
Anyway, The Elite/Ferdman brush...
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